Motivated to Lead Podcast - Mark Klingsheim

  This week we revisit our interview with Vanessa Bohns. We discuss her new book, You Have More Influence Than You Think . Vanessa is a social psychologist, an award-winning researcher and teacher, and a professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University.  She holds a Ph. D. in psychology from Columbia University and an AB in psychology from Brown University. Professor Bohns has been a Vis...

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 Sue Ashford, an award-winning scholar, and Professor at the University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business. She is the author of "The Power of Flexing: How to Use Small Daily Experiments to Create Big Life-Changing Growth." Sue's passion for helping people to be maximally effective in their work lives has driven her teaching and research work o...

In this week's episode, we talk with Jeremy Utley. Jeremy is the Director of Executive Education at Stanford's d.school and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford's School of Engineering. He is the co-host of the d.school's widely popular program, "Stanford's Masters of Creativity." He is the co-author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters (Portfolio) with Perry Klebahn. He is also on the t...

In this week's episode, we interview Mark Herschberg, who is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. Educated at MIT, Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 500s, and academia. He's developed new software languages, online marketplaces, new authentication systems, and tracked criminals and terrorists on the da...

In this week's episode, we interview Alden Mills. Alden became a nationally ranked rower, a gold medalist in the Olympic Festival, and captain of the freshman and varsity teams at the U.S. Naval Academy. As a Navy SEAL, he led his platoon through multiple missions. After discharge from the military, he founded Perfect Fitness and led it to growth of over 12,000% annual sales of $90 million, and In...

  In this episode, we interview Kristie Paskvan. Kristie is an experienced board member and CFO/COO/President with over 25 years of experience assisting diversified financial services, asset management, real estate, insurance, and professional services companies to grow their businesses worldwide. Kristie is a board director at First Women's Bank (FWB) - a de novo bank launched in 2021, SmithBuckl...

In this week's episode, we interview Shawn McCormick. Shawn has 30 years of financial expertise and operational experience in the medical device and life sciences industry. Most recently, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Aldevron, a private equity-backed CDMO. Shawn joined Aldevron in 2020 and remained until February 2022, following the sale of the company to Danaher, Inc. in 2021. He served...

In this week's episode, we interview Alisa Cohn. Alisa is an Executive Coach who has worked with C-suite executives at prominent startups (such as Venmo, Etsy, Draft Kings, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch) and Fortune 500 companies (including Dell, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Pfizer, Calvin Klein and The New York Times.) She is the author of  From Start-up to Grown-up,  which won the 2022...

This week our conversation is with Joe Mandato. Joe holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Case Western Reserve University, where his research focused on the evolving role of boards in ensuring effective corporate governance.  He was a 2011-2012 Fellow of Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative and served as Co-Chair of Harvard's Advanced Leadership Coalition. He is a Ma...

This week we interview Darrell Johnson. Darrell has built expertise in working within the healthcare industry, identifying how data systems may be applied to improve patient outcomes, decrease healthcare utilization costs, and increase provider care delivery efficiencies. His passion centers on not simply bringing technologies to market, but the successful implementation and utilization of these t...

In this week's episode, we interview Richard Ferrari. Rich is a Co-Founder of De Novo Ventures, which had $650M under management and was one of the premier firms dedicated to Medical Devices and Biotechnology. Rich has raised over a billion dollars for companies he has directly influenced and participated in approximately 1.8 billion dollars in acquisition events. Additionally, and most recently,...

This week we welcome Dr. Julia Lee Cunningham for this weeks conversation. Julia Lee is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and a National Geographic Fellow and Explorer. She currently serves as a faculty co-director for Center for Positive Organizations. She is also a faculty affiliate at the Sanger Leadership C...

This week we interview Rashim McKinney who is the President and Chief Innovation Officer of the Gibraltar Solutions Development Company, an economic research and development firm based in Montgomery, AL. Gibraltar informs policy and programs that guide public and private investment. To advance small business, entrepreneurship, and innovation culture across the Deep South– with a focus on ecosystem...

This week we revisit our interview with 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 t...

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...

In this episode, we revisit our interview with Lindred (Lindy) Greer, who is an Associate Professor of Management & Organizations and faculty director of the Sanger Leadership Center at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on how to design and lead effective organizational teams. Lindy has published in outlets such as Academy of Management Jour...

This week we interview Doug Bruhnke, Founder/CEO at Global Chamber®. Doug is a global entrepreneur dedicated to helping members of Global Chamber® successfully reach new markets across 525 metros - everywhere! He is a two-time expat with Dupont in Tokyo and Singapore with over 30 years of global business experience in nearly all countries and segments. Doug is also a regional advisor for U.S. Glob...

This week we interview Keith Grossman. Keith was named CEO and President of Nevro in March of 2019. Keith has over 30 years of experience in the medical device field. He served most recently, and for the second time, as the President, Chief Executive Officer, and director of Thoratec Corporation, leading up to its 2015 sale to St. Jude Medical. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of Alcon, Inc.,...

This week we welcome Susan Templeton who is Vice Chair of Sebold Capital Management, an investment advisory and financial planning firm serving high-net-worth individuals and families.  Susan is also on the board of directors for Claridges Trust Company where she sits on the investment and audit committee. In addition, she is on the advisory board of Seyen Capital, an early-stage venture capital f...

This week we revisit our conversation with 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 l...

In this episode, we revisit our interview with Gary Oliver, CEO of Excelerate. Gary is an experienced CEO/board member with deep experience across venture-backed, mid-size and large global technology companies. Gary is the CEO of Excelerate  We talk to Gary regarding AI (Artificial Intelligence) trends and the impact it will have on business now and in the future. Gary's focus has been to harness...

In this episode we revisit our interview with Jeannine Sheehan who is the EVP/Chief Administrative Officer & HR Officer for InfuSystem, she is based in Boston.  Prior to InfuSystem Jeannine was the Chief Human Resources Officer for Crimson Hexagon a PE financed company. Her background has included working for large publicly traded companies. In this conversation we discuss the role of HR as a stra...

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 conversation with Gary Swart. Gary 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.