Motivated to Lead Podcast - Mark Klingsheim

This week, we interviewed Nathan King. Nathan is a consultant who helps leadership teams achieve powerful execution for organizational growth. After leading a healthcare services business unit from $25M to $100M in revenue at Shearwater Health, Nathan launched a consulting practice dedicated to turning strategic intent into sustained organizational outcomes.   With over two decades of experience i...

This week, we interviewed David Dennis. David is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Eckerd Connects, one of the nation's largest nonprofits providing workforce development, Job Corps, juvenile justice, and child welfare services across the country. We talked about his book Gameness: Land on your Feet, not on your feelings. He has earned certifications as a licensed professional counselor...

This week, we interviewed Lori Chmura, the Chief Executive Officer and Board Director at Nyra Medical, an innovative medical device company developing a next-generation transcatheter mitral valve repair technology. Before joining Nyra Medical, she served as Chief Executive Officer, and Board Director at Soundbite Medical Solutions and Dune Medical Devices, where she led the restructuring of both b...

This week, we interviewed Laura Stoltenberg. Laura is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Cryosa. Laura brings nearly three decades of experience in strategy, business development, and global general management. She has a passion for developing and commercializing novel products to improve the standard of care. Most recently, Laura was Sector Chief Executive at Halma PLC, responsible for...

This week, we interviewed Chuck Brynelsen. Chuck is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors at Envoy Medical; he serves on the board of Alebra Technologies and is a Venture Partner at SpringRock Ventures. Previously, Chuck served as a Senior Vice President of Abbot Vascular; Chuck Brynelsen led an organization focused on reducing cardiovascular disease's global impact. Chuck was previously t...

This week, we interviewed John Hironimus. John is the CEO of Origami Surgical, an accomplished medical device executive with a track record of successfully commercializing novel medical devices. He has focused on scaling new technologies and applications to benefit patients, clinicians, and providers. His 25 years of experience span numerous areas of healthcare. An entrepreneur at heart, his passi...

This week, we revisit our interview with Keith Grossman. He currently serves as Chairman of Nevro Corp. (NVRO), Vice-Chairman of Alcon, Inc. (ALC), and Lead Director of Outset Medical, Inc. (OM). Previously, Keith was the CEO and President of Nevro. Keith has over 40 years of experience in the medical device field. He served most recently, and for the second time, as the President, Chief Executive...

This week, we welcome back Chuck Bolton. Chuck is a six-time bestselling author and executive coach to CEO's. As founder of The Bolton Group LLC, he provides leadership coaching and consulting in the medtech and healthtech sectors. We discuss Chuck's new book The CEO's AI Playbook and how a leader can lead with vision and purpose in the age of AI. He addresses how to build an AI-ready culture that...

This week, we revisit our interview with Kara Goldin, the Founder of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint ®  water, the leading unsweetened flavored water, and the author of Undaunted.   Kara has been named among Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs and Forbes' 40 Women to Watch Over 40. She is an active speaker & writer and hosts the podcast The Kara Goldin Show, where she int...

This week we revisit our interview with Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael is the author of six books and is best known for The Coaching Habit , the best-selling coaching book of the century with over a million copies sold and already recognized as a classic. We discuss Michael's brand-new book, How To Begin . Michael was a Rhodes Scholar and plays the ukulele badly. He's Australian and lives in Toro...

This week, we revisit our interview with Aidan Kehoe. Aidan is currently the Founder and Managing Partner of Nadia Partners. Previously, he was the founder and CEO of SKOUT Cybersecurity (Acquired by Barracuda Networks). Mr. Kehoe was actively involved in all aspects of the firm's development and expansion since its launch in 2014. Prior to Skout, Aidan founded several other enterprises, including...

This week, we revisit our interview with Dr. Jeff Holmes. Jeff has more than 24 years of experience in executive-level positions, including 12+ years in founder, executive, and lead roles. Jeff provides senior executive coaching, CEO advising, and C-suite consulting. A dedicated coach for over 30 years, he has worked with top leaders during times of crisis and helped numerous young high potentials...

This week, we revisit our interview with Emily Jordan. Emily is a dynamic force in the world of marketing. She holds a remarkable track record across various sectors such as tech, sports/fitness, healthcare, retail and has led teams at global heavyweights like Nike and Google as well as nimble, high-growth startups like Tubi and Willow. Most recently, she was steering the ship as the VP of Marketi...

This week, we revisit our interview with Nick Damiano. Nick is a serial entrepreneur focused on solving unmet needs to improve patient care. He is currently CEO & Founder of Andromeda Surgical, which is developing autonomous robots for safer, better, more efficient surgery. Before that, he was CEO & Co-Founder of Zenflow, where he co-invented a novel implant for BPH (enlarged prostate) and led the...

In this week's episode, we revisit our interview with George Bradt. George has led the revolution in how people start new jobs - accelerating transitions, so leaders and their teams reduce their rates of failure and fulfill potential. After Harvard and Wharton (MBA), he progressed through sales, marketing, and general management roles around the world at Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and J.D. Power...

This week, we revisit our interview with Dr. Carole Robin. She has been in the business of helping leaders grow for over 35 years. 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 School of Business (GSB). She received the MBA Distinguished Teachin...

This week we revisit our interview with Wayne Baker. Wayne is the author of the book All You Have to Do Is Ask, and the Robert P. Thome Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management & Organizations at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. He is also a Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Social Research. He...

This week ,we revisit our interview Shellye Archambeau. Shellye is an experienced CEO and Board Director with a track record of accomplishments building brands, high-performance teams, and organizations. She shares lessons learned from her life that she has written about in her new book, Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms. A book that will...

This week, we revisit our interview with Dave Murphy, and he shares lessons learned from his career. Dave served as President & CEO of Red Wing Shoe Company Inc. for fifteen years and retired in December 2015. Before joining Red Wing Shoe Company in 2001, Murphy spent 23 years in increasingly responsible positions at Minneapolis-based General Mills, a $12 billion global manufacturer and consumer f...

This week, we revisit our interview with Paul Batz, the CEO and Founder of Good Leadership Enterprises. Paul Batz has ushered in the golden era of executive team coaching, changing the conversation about what modern leadership looks like. He founded Good Leadership to help CEOs, business owners, executives, and community leaders grow and thrive with the idea that goodness pays. Paul's not-so-secre...

This week, we revisit our interview with Dr. Vanessa Patrick. Vanessa is a Professor of Marketing and the Associate Dean for Research at the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. We discuss her book The Power of Saying No. Vanessa has published dozens of research articles in top-tier academic journals in psychology, marketing, and management, and popular accounts of her work have...

This week, we revisit our interview with John Milad. John has 25 years of experience as a start-up executive, venture investor, and banker specializing in healthcare innovation across the UK, Europe, and the US. He had 10 years of life sciences venture experience at a family office, Atlas Venture, NBGI Venture and Downing. Notable exits include Symetis, ACT/EPIX, BoneSupport and Medcast/WebMD. Joh...

On this week's podcast, we revisit our interview with Meredith Bell, co-founder and President of Grow Strong Leaders. Her company publishes software tools and books that help people build strong relationships at work and at home. Meredith is an expert in leader and team communications, the author of three books, and the host of the Grow Strong Leaders Podcast. She co-authored her latest books,  Co...

  This week, we revisit our interview with Anjan Thakor, Senior Associate Dean, and John E. Simon, Professor of Finance at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis. Anjan was previously The Edward J. Frey Professor of Banking and Finance at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, where he also served as chairman of the Finance area. He has served on the faculties o...

This week we interview Dr. Brian Epperson. Brian is the Founder of Human Performance Advisors, a performance and executive coaching firm. He works one-on-one with senior leaders, helping them navigate challenging issues that impact them professionally and personally.   Prior to starting Human Performance Advisors, he worked in banking and telecommunications, where he gained extensive experience le...