Motivated to Lead Podcast - Mark Klingsheim

This week we interview Bill High. Bill is the Executive Chairman & Founder of The Signatry. Having lost his own father at age 12, Bill deeply understands the need for healthy families. Today his mission is to empower families in building legacies of generosity, in addition to his writing and speaking; Bill coaches families, individuals, business owners, and financial advisors in practical aspects...

 This week we welcome Pamela York as our guest. Pam is an investor and serial entrepreneur with extensive success from launch to exit in technology-based companies. She's the co-founder and Managing Partner of Capita3 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital group investing in women-led startups with game-changing health innovations. Over her career, she's been involved in over 50 new company laun...

This week we interview Daniel Mueller. Daniel is one of the earliest and most active pioneers of the executive coaching industry. As of 2020, he has provided executive coaching for more than 1,525 CEOs and executives, delivered 50,000+ hours of one-on-one executive coaching, and has been privileged to witness major transformations in the lives of most clients. Passionate about serving leaders at e...

This week we interview Diane Honda. Diane currently serves as the Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading global provider of email, network, and data security and recovery solutions; she is responsible for leading the company's Legal and Human Resources departments and is a trusted advisor to the CEO, executive team, and Board. D...

This week we welcome Kathleen Tune she is a proven healthcare executive. Kathleen is currently the CFO and COO of Marani Health. She is a Managing Partner with Capita3; an early-stage venture capital fund focused on women-led startup founders.  She also founded and manages the health care investment firm Fourth Element Capital, investing in health care technology companies. Kathleen is a former pa...

This week we welcome Christine Yan, an experienced public company board member and senior operating executive with a successful track record in managing global P&L, M&A, Sales and Marketing, and R&D Engineering. Christine serves on the board of Modine Manufacturing Company, ON Semiconductor, Ansell Limited, and Cabot Corporation. She is a member of the China Advisory Group for the Merchant Banking...

This week we welcome Marilyn Gist; she is the author of The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility . Marilyn helps others become the leader everyone admires by creating thriving organizations and great results.  She asks us to Imagine a world in which all leaders feel and display a deep regard for others' dignity.  This is what humility means, and it helps leaders resolve conflict, increase engage...

This week we interview David Hemink, the CEO of Nonin Medical. Dave has extensive experience as a leader and innovator in the medical device industry. Before joining Nonin, he served as president of Cantel Medical, a leading provider of infection prevention products and services.  Prior to Cantel, David served as senior vice president of electrophysiology at Boston Scientific, a renowned global me...

This week we interview Ray Gary who is the CEO of iDonate, a company that provides nonprofits with technology solutions to do more good in the world. Ray's experience in launching, building, and helping businesses succeed spans nearly three decades, including various leadership positions in technology companies. Previously, he served as President of the Venture Capital group of Koch Industries, on...

This week we interview Dr. Carole Robin. She has been in the business of helping leaders grow for over 35 years. Carole shares lessons learned in her career and we talk about her new book Connect. Most recently she served as the Faculty Director of the Interpersonal Dynamics for High-Performance Executives Program and Director of the Arbuckle Leadership Fellows program at the Stanford Graduate Sch...

This week we welcome Robert Swan, who is the first person to have walked to both the North and South Poles. His leadership and determination made his 900-mile journey to the South Pole the longest unassisted march in history. He was awarded the Polar Medal by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, and is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Youth. Robert is a polar pioneer, a leader in energy innova...

This week we welcome Tom Juhase , an accomplished public company executive; most recently, he was the Chief Operating Officer of DFIN. Prior to his current role as COO, leading DFIN's sales, service, and manufacturing, Tom served as president at R.R. Donnelley. He was responsible for the Service Group consisting of Global Outsourcing, Business Communications Solutions, Financial Services, and Lang...

This week we welcome Norm Fjeldheim as our guest. Norm is the former Chief Information Officer and Head of Global Facilities at Illumina, the global leader in next-generation DNA sequencing, which he joined in 2016. Prior to joining Illumina, Mr. Fjeldheim spent 28 years at Qualcomm, the semi-conductor pioneer of 3 generations of mobile wireless technologies, the last 17 years as Chief Information...

Gary Swart is a General Partner with Polaris Partners, and until April 2014, he was the CEO of oDesk  (now UpWork, NASDAQ; UPWK). Gary is a thought leader in entrepreneurship, how best to hire and manage teams, and the future of work, including online work. He is passionate about helping small businesses thrive, fueled by his extensive experience working with startups and small businesses and ment...

This week we welcome Brittany Bradrick as our guest. Brittany has more than 20 years of experience in finance, strategy, and corporate development for life science companies, with both operational and advisory experience. Before joining ViaCyte, Ms. Bradrick was Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development at Insulet Corporation, an insulin pump company. Prior to Insulet, Ms. Bradrick was Di...

This week we are welcoming Jon Morrison as our guest. Jon most recently was the President, Americas for WABCO. Jon shares leadership lessons learned in his career. Before that role, he served as President, North America for American Axle and Manufacturing since November 2014. Before then, he held the position of Vice President Vehicle Dynamics and Controls with WABCO. From 2006 through 2014, Morri...

This week we welcome as our guest Geoff Crouse the CEO of  Syneron Candela and a member of the Board of Directors. Geoff has successfully led businesses in the life sciences sector spanning capital equipment, diagnostics, and tools. Prior to joining Syneron Candela, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Cord Blood Registry from 2012 to 2015, when the company was sold to AMAG Pharmaceuticals. Pri...

This week we welcome Dawnet Beverley as our guest. Dawnet is a seasoned executive with 30 years of ascending management, sales, and technology roles. She is the Executive Vice President with global responsibilities for Donnelley Financial Solutions Capital Markets Group. Dawnet has served on boards and volunteered her professional expertise to a number of charitable organizations. She holds a mast...

This week we discuss the subject of developing resilience with Edward H. Powley, Ph. D. (Ned) is an Associate Professor of Management in the Graduate School of Defense Management (GSDM) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). He teaches organizational behavior in the MBA and EMBA programs for GSDM. He facilitates workshops, coaches senior leaders, and teaches modules on leadership and emotional in...

  In this week's episode, we interview Julie Smolyansky, the CEO of Lifeway Foods. She became the youngest female CEO of a publicly held firm when she took over Lifeway Foods at the age of 27 in 2002. Since then, Julie has continued the company's growth trajectory with creative product development and marketing to bring kefir, the company's flagship product, into the U.S. mainstream. Under her lea...

This week we interview Bruce Tulgan who is internationally recognized as a leading expert on the best practices of effective management, generational change and young people in the workplace. We discuss his newest book, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work, is available now from Harvard Business Review Press. Bruce is a best-selling author, an adviser to business leaders all over the world, and...

This week we revisit conversations with eight leaders as they share their answers to the question knowing what you know now what do you wish you knew at twenty-two?

In this episode, we revisit our conversation with Dr. Robert Quinn and he shares insights on how to become a purpose-driven leader. Robert Quinn has spent the last 40 years doing research, publishing, teaching, consulting, and speaking to more than half of the Fortune 500. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.  He has published 18 books including his book...

This week we interview Caroline (Caro) Van Hove, the President, and CEO of a venture-backed, clinical-stage medical aesthetics company, NC8, an ExploraMed company, and previously held several commercial leadership roles at both start-up and large-cap companies.  She is a global commercial leader with over 20 years of diverse experience in the pharmaceutical, consumer, and medical device industry....

This week we interview Robert Pasin, the CEO/Chief Wagon Officer of Radio Flyer Inc., the business founded by his grandfather in 1917. Radio Flyer is an iconic brand that holds a special place in people's hearts because it instantly transports them to a happy time — to the best parts of childhood. Robert works with a wonderful group of passionate "Flyers" whose mission is to create products that b...