The Leadership Educator Podcast

In this episode, Dan and Lauren reflect with Dr. Kathy Guthrie on teaching graduate leadership education courses during the Spring 2021 semester. All share experiences from teaching and learning in graduate school, feedback from student participants, changes to make moving forward, and how their work prepares future leaders in and out of higher education. Note: This is a follow-up from an earlier...

Drs. Lindsay Lyons & Cherie Bridges Patrick join Dan and Lauren to discuss researching and developing coaching programs on racial justice leadership. Lindsay and Cherie explain how their partnership, which grew from their doctoral work, focuses on helping their peers have generative race-related conversations and advance social change.

What should leadership educators know about identity and current college students? In this episode, Dr. Kristen Renn joins Dan and Lauren to discuss the critical moment that sparked her professional purpose to bring more voices forward in the higher education conversation. Renn, a professor and associate dean of undergraduate studies for student success research at Michigan State University and au...

The normal conversations we would have at conferences have changed with the introduction of virtual, and now hybrid, formats. Listen as Dr. Nyasha GuramatunhuCooper and Zachary Wooten discuss how their group continued meeting following a breakout room session at a conference last year. The group uses the space to connect but also process their experiences before heading into the classroom to teach...

Dr. Michelle Cummings-Steele's work as a leadership educator started long before she recognized it. Rooted in years of serving as a bridge between experience and learning, Dr. Cummings-Steele delves into her work connecting students with communities and how her leadership education research co-inquiry group has helped her grow during the pandemic.

Author and professor Dr. Jon Wergin joins the podcast to share wisdom from his 50+ years in higher education, leadership education, and consulting.  What does deep, transformative, and adaptive learning look like in leadership?  How do we facilitate better dialogue, critical reflection, and unlearning?  We chat about this, Dr. Wergin's latest book, Deep Learning in a Disorienting World , and more.

"Movement carries cultural meaning and power" according to Sharna Fabiano world-renowned tango instructor, life coach, and author of the recently released book, Lead and Follow: The Dance of Inspired Teamwork . Listen to this episode as Dan and Lauren discuss using art to increase your awareness and understanding of followership. Other resources mentioned in this episode include: ----more---- http...

Author David Franklin joins Dan and Lauren following the release of his book, Invisible Learning . During the conversation, David shares the journey of connecting leadership pedagogy to a popular Harvard statistics course.  

With the Leadership Education Academy scheduled for August 2021, Dr. Corey Seemiller explains how the ILA Leadership Education Academy grew from a conversation with Dan at a diner on Ohio State University's campus into one of the most popular professional development immersion programs for leadership educators. Additionally, Dr. Seemiller explains how she researches, writes, and uses data for two...

On the heels of publishing their New Directions for Student Leadership issue on Evidence‐Based Practices to Strengthen Leadership Development , Drs. Krista Soria and Matthew Johnson join Dan and Lauren to share their experience. The duo discusses their invitation into the project, working with researchers to edit the issue, and their hopes and dreams for how the text will be used by leadership edu...

In this episode, Dr. Betty Johnson joins Dan and Lauren to talk about her dissertation on effective virtual meetings. She explains her path to becoming a leadership educator and her recent study into our experiences in workplace meetings since March 2020. 

In this episode, Drs. Marc Hurwitz and Rachael Thompson highlight the robust research from their collaboration on followership in their special issue of New Directions for Student Leadership . Additionally, they share a few quick activities leadership educators can do in their classes or programs to inspire students to learn about and appreciate followership.

After living in Tanzania for nearly a decade, University of Southern Maine Leadership Studies graduate student and School for International Training (SIT) Custom Programs Manager  Seth Diemond joins Dan and Lauren  to talk about living and working abroad as a leadership educator. The episode highlights examples of connecting purpose, passion, and projects and strategies for immersing oneself in di...

In this episode, Dan and Lauren  talk with Dr. Tony Andenoro and Dr. Kristan Cilente Skendall and about leading the publication of the National Leadership Education Research Agenda (NLERA) . The editors discuss working with teams of researchers from all parts of the world to create a collaborative and inclusive vision for leadership education. They talk about the value of this work and the lessons...

In this episode, Dan and Lauren talk with Dr. Becka Shetty about her educational journey with leadership education, leading up to her current role infusing leadership education into student organizations. Dr. Shetty's research areas highlight leadership identity and marginalized voices in leadership education.   Some of the resources in this episode include: ----more---- The Leadership Identity De...

In this episode, Dan and Lauren chat with Dr. Tara Grey Coste about her work combining public service and leadership education. Dr. Coste shares how she teaches her students at the University of Southern Maine about the importance of public service and leadership education with projects like Random Acts , the GISH , the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt, and the Montagu Project in South Africa...

In this episode, Dan and Lauren sit down with FSU Professor Kathy Guthrie to discuss graduate-level leadership educator preparatory courses, research initiatives at FSU's Leadership Learning Research Center , and some of the upcoming issues of New Directions for Student Leadership .  Other resources mentioned in this episode include: ----more---- Leadership Learning Research Center - current proje...

Dan and Lauren return for the fourth season of The Leadership Educator Podcast.  Listen in as we share our thoughts on leadership education in 2021.  Some of the resources and events discussed in this episode include: ----more---- The National Leadership Education Research Agenda 2020–2025: Advancing the State of Leadership Education Scholarship New Directions for Student Leadership Journal of Lea...

In this final episode of Season 3, Dan and Lauren comment on their experiences attending and presenting at virtual leadership conferences in 2020. ----more---- Websites: http://www.ila-net.org/ https://www.leadershipeducators.org/  

In this episode, Dan and Lauren join Dr. Josie Ahlquist for an engaging discussion on connecting leadership to technology. Josie explores some of the advice and stories in her book and clarifies how leadership educators can be purposeful in a digitally connected world. Some resources noted in this show include: ----more---- Josie's book: Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Me...

In this episode, Dan and Lauren share strategies for matching team processes to available technology and discuss the "Virtual Table," a framework for online teamwork, collaboration, and communication.  Resources shared in this episode include: ----more---- The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning (Guthrie & Jenkins, 2018) TED Talk: Why you should treat the tech you use at work like...

In this episode, Dr. Chuck Palus and Steadman Harrison from the Center for Creative Leadership share stories of using mediated dialogue to facilitate meaningful conversations amongst leaders and followers across the world.  Some resources shared in this episode include: ----more---- " Putting Something in the Middle: An Approach to Dialogue " (Palus & Drath, 2001) https://go-innovation.com/   Digi...

In this episode, NCAA Director of Leadership Development DeeDee Merritt explains what current leadership programs are doing for student-athletes and how leadership educators can partner to support sports programs on campus.  

In this episode, Dan shares some strategies for integrating topics related to the 2020 elections into leadership education programs, highlighting a summer "Leadership and the 2020 Elections" course he taught this summer.  Some resources from the episode include: ----more---- https://www.ted.com/speakers/jonathan_haidt   https://www.donaldjtrump.com/landing/2020-trump-vs-dem-poll   Leadership in Tu...

In this episode, Dr. Virginia Byrne highlights issues of equity and inclusion in virtual spaces. She explains how teachers can make meaning and create "teacher presence" in asynchronous and synchronous courses.  Some of the resources Virginia shared include: ----more---- Talk about Teacher Presence! Lee Krempel from Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore, MD made the best Instagram welcome vi...