Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D.

Send us Fan Mail John Antonakis believes that the key to moving forward is getting back to basics: "We need to go back to basics, do some clean experiments, use clean behavioral measures, and then we can build the scaffolding on firm concrete and not on Jell-O that we have right now." We had a great conversation about this and other areas of our field. I hope you enjoy it. About Dr. John...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Cynthia Cherrey discusses the past, present, and future of the International Leadership Association.  Her story of the founding is rich and descriptive - an experience of a lifetime. Cynthia Cherrey is President and CEO of the International Leadership Association (ILA), a global community committed to increasing quality research, teaching, and practices of lea...

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to be a Collegiate Leadership Competition champion? Join the coaches and team members from The University of Delaware, 2021 CLC champions, for their observations on the experience and their thoughts on student leadership. Team Advisor - Susan Luchey is Associate Director, University Student Centers for Leadership Development. She's had a 30-year career in st...

Send us Fan Mail Therese Huston, Ph. D., is a cognitive scientist at Seattle University and the author of three books.  Her new book, Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower , was just published by Portfolio / Penguin Random House, and the New York Times called her last book, How Women Decide: What's True, What's Not, and Why It Matters , “required reading on Wall Street.”  T...

Send us Fan Mail How can the competition serve as a cornerstone for student leadership programming? I talk with Western University's CLC leaders about their unique approach to using CLC as a tool for student leaders developing other student leaders. Our Guests Meg U’Ren began her career as a high school teacher and eventually found her way into student affairs. She leads Student Engagement Pr...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Kaitlin Wolfert is the Coordinator for The Center for Student Achievement at Penn State Abington and Adjunct Instructor at Cabrini University's Master of Science in Leadership. In May, she will be graduating from Eastern University with a Doctorate of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership . Dr. Wolfert's dissertation examined the influence of The Collegiate Leaders...

Send us Fan Mail About Meghan Pickett  & Dr. Bruce DeRuntz Meghan Pickett is the Leadership Academy Program Manager in the Center for Leadership Studies at Illinois Institute of Technology. She is also a Ph. D. candidate and a Scientific Advisor at Happy Spectacular .  Bruce DeRuntz is the founding Director of Southern Illinois University's Leadership Development Program. His mission is t...

Send us Fan Mail About Bela Jevtovic  & Dr. Dan Jenkins Bela was the founding executive director of the Collegiate Leadership Competition (CLC), and an integral force in the growth and development of the CLC.  Currently, she is Co-Founder and Co-Owner at BiG Comm E-Commerce and serves on the CLC board. Dan is Department Chair & Associate Professor of Leadership Studies at the Univesity of...

Send us Fan Mail "Let's create a question that we can't answer without living the definition." - Drew Dudley About Drew Dudley Drew Dudley is a leadership educator and speaker who focuses on creating value-driven cultures of leadership. His clients include some of the world's largest and most dynamic organizations, including McDonald's, JP Morgan Chase, Hyatt Hotels,...

Send us Fan Mail Barbara C. Crosby, Ph. D. is associate professor emerita at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs and former academic co-director of the Center for Integrative Leadership at the University of Minnesota. In 2017 she received the Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). She is a fe...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Steve Mortenson is an award-winning teacher and researcher. Steve's mission is to help people help themselves by sharing transformative tools for building personal skills and relational effectiveness. He received his Ph. D. in Communication from Purdue University. Recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award, Dr. Mortenson teaches and publishes at the University of Delaw...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Axel Meierhoefer is a retired U. S. Air Force officer and the founder of Ideal Wealth Grower - an educational organization helping people get away from exchanging time for money and building an asset-based portfolio using residential real estate. Through teaching, online learning, mentoring, and coaching, Ideal Wealth Grower helps members help themselves find success. He start...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. William (Willy) Donaldson is a Professor of Management at the Joseph W. Luter, III School of Business at Christopher Newport University. Willy has over 30 years of experience as a board member and president and has been CEO of eight companies including a publicly-traded company and an international joint-venture. Willy is the Founder and President of Strategic Venture Planning...

Send us Fan Mail "In the complex environment of the current business world, leaders often will be called upon to act against their instincts. They will need to know when to share power and when to wield it alone, when to look to the wisdom of the group and when to take their own counsel. A deep understanding of context, the ability to embrace complexity and paradox, and a willingness to flexi...

Send us Fan Mail Laura Guilliam manages leadership research and development projects at Progressive Insurance. Her primary interest is the individual and cultural impact of emotionally intelligent leaders—creating and sustaining positive organizational relationships within virtual and in-office work environments. Laura brings 26 years of practitioner experience to the ongoing study of organization...

Send us Fan Mail Catherine M. Rymsha, EdD,  is a lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where she teaches courses on leadership. Catherine spent more than ten years in marketing and communication leadership roles ranging from marketing healthcare conferences to writing speeches on payment card security. She now leads learning and development for a software company. Between her academ...

Send us Fan Mail Brad Jackson is Associate Dean of Strategic Engagement at Waikato Management School in New Zealand. He also serves as Professor of Leadership and Governance. Jackson has published several books — Management Gurus and Management Fashions , Organisational Behaviour in New Zealand, Demystifying Business Celebrity , and Revitalising Leadership . He has also co-edited the Sage Handbook...

Send us Fan Mail What do all of these have in common? Join us for a fun and engaging conversation about the intricacies of leadership learning and education. Wax on, wax off. Dr. Bob Reimer is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the United States Air Force Academy where he helps students, faculty, and staff discover performance possibilities that they are missing. Bob holds a Ph. D. in Industr...

Send us Fan Mail "If we are going to achieve freedom we’ve got to engage in action programs to make that freedom possible. Let nobody fool you about this. Freedom is never voluntarily given to the oppressed by the oppressor." - Martin Luther King, Jr. Jim Robenalt is an author, historian, and attorney. He's a partner in Thompson Hine 's Business Litigation practice group and ha...

Send us Fan Mail What's hot in the world of teams? Remote work. Virtual leadership. Teaming from a distance. David Burkus' new book Leading From Anywhere explores critical insights about doing this work well. About David David Burkus is the best-selling author of five books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages...

Send us Fan Mail How can you work to be a better leader every day of 2021? My guest gives us 365 steps to get you there. About Dr. Riggio Ronald E. Riggio, Ph. D., is the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology and former director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College. Professor Riggio is the author of more than a dozen books and more than 10...

Send us Fan Mail Ken Accardi is the CEO of Ankota . He's a technology executive with a broad experience base. Ken has served as CEO, CTO, CIO, VP of Business Solutions, Director of R&D, and VP of Process/Quality. He teaches at Babson College and has several specialties, including healthcare (specifically avoiding preventable hospitalizations for elderly at-risk populations), new product i...

Send us Fan Mail Ted Baartmans consults leaders, government officials, and international boards in their presence and communication. He studied geography and cultural anthropology at the University of Utrecht and public administration and government communication at the University of Leiden. He also studied crisis communication at Northwestern University. Ted’s clients are found around the world:...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Stratton is the Dean of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business at Georgia College & State University and also serves as the president of the Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS). He's an accomplished academic leader and teacher-scholar with experience in private and public higher education. Micheal's expertise lies in the theoretica...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro is the Deputy Executive Director (Programmes) of GODAN Secretariat and a Professor of Practice for Public-Private Sector Partnerships at McGill University . She is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Capitals Coalition , a member of the board of advisors for ShEquity , and an executive board member of Crop Trust . Dr. Ubalijoro is a member of Rwanda'...