The Next Interview Show

Building a business with someone you love sounds inspiring—until growth, uncertainty, and everyday life collide. How do leaders maintain leadership trust, strengthen workplace culture, and scale without sacrificing relationships? In this episode, Doland White sits down with Brian and Angela Burke, founders of Food First Travel, to explore what it truly takes to build a company, a family, and a leg...

Many leaders believe they need more experience, better strategy, or stronger execution. But what if the real obstacle is the story you're telling yourself? In this episode, executive coach and mindset expert Joseph Clough joins Doland White for a powerful conversation about leadership trust, workplace culture, and the hidden beliefs that quietly shape team performance and organizational culture. J...

Most leaders are focused on technology, efficiency, and growth. But what if the real leadership advantage isn’t technology at all? In this episode, Humphrey Christian shares his journey from Silicon Valley executive and technology leader to entrepreneur, podcast host, and advocate for self-discovery. Together, we explore leadership trust, workplace culture, accountability in the workplace, and why...

Bill Holzendorf built multiple companies across his tech career. None of them exist today. But something did survive — and it's the one thing most leaders overlook. In this episode, Bill sits down with Doland White to unpack what three decades in tech leadership actually taught him. Not the frameworks. Not the boardroom tactics. The real stuff: why relationships outlast companies, how empowering y...

John Formica spent more than a decade helping lead Disney Resort properties and learning what truly creates customer loyalty. In this episode of The Next Interview, we explore why leadership, culture, trust, and customer experience are inseparable—and why many organizations focus on revenue while ignoring the experiences that drive long-term growth. If you're a Director, VP, SVP, CEO, or business...

As The Next Interview approaches Episode 100, Doland White welcomes Brian Proctor back to explore one of leadership's most important challenges: overcoming limiting beliefs and creating lasting personal growth. Drawing from decades of experience alongside his father, Bob Proctor, Brian shares practical lessons on confidence, authenticity, trust, and leadership transformation. If you're a Director,...

Leadership today is filled with pressure, uncertainty, and constant change. In this episode of The Next Interview, Russell Harvey — known as “The Resilience Coach” — joins Doland White for a powerful conversation about resilient leadership, VUCA environments, trust, and why the best leaders don’t just survive pressure… they grow through it. If you’re a Director, VP, or CEO trying to lead through o...

Most companies don’t fail because they lack talent or innovation. They fail because leadership, communication, and execution fall out of alignment. In this episode of The Next Interview, Rich Smith joins Doland White for a candid conversation about founder-led companies, growth plateaus, and the leadership systems required to scale without chaos. Rich shares lessons from leading organizations thro...

You’ve built a strong team—but somehow everything still runs through you. In this solo episode, Doland White breaks down the leadership trap that turns high-performing teams into dependent ones—and how to fix it using a people-first operating system grounded in trust, communication, and accountability. This episode is for leaders who feel stuck in constant activity but aren’t seeing results. If yo...

Lisa A. Riegel joins the conversation to break down one of the biggest leadership challenges: why change doesn’t stick. Drawing on neuroscience and real-world leadership experience, she reveals what’s actually happening beneath the surface when teams resist—and how trust, clarity, and behavior shape performance. If you’re a leader trying to drive results without burning out your team, this episode...

Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software, joins the conversation to unpack one of the biggest leadership tensions: how to build a culture of trust without sacrificing accountability. This episode goes beyond theory into real leadership decisions—what works, what breaks, and what leaders often miss. If you’re a Director, VP, or CEO navigating growth, team performance, or decision-making under pre...

Lisa Woodruff, founder of Organize 365 and author of Escaping Quicksand, joins Doland White to tackle a challenge most leaders ignore—what happens at home is impacting how you lead at work. This conversation exposes the hidden systems (or lack of them) that quietly drain your time, energy, and decision-making capacity. If you’re a leader juggling growth, team performance, and personal responsibili...

Most leaders say they value relationships—but when growth starts, trust often gets replaced by speed, volume, and pressure. In this episode, Kevin Goodwin, Partner at Warroom Operations and Co-Founder of Optigrowth AI, shares how leaders can scale without losing the human element that drives real results. This conversation is for leaders who feel the tension between growth and control. If you’re b...

Rick Snyder, CEO of Invisible Edge, joins Doland White to tackle a growing leadership gap: the loss of intuition in a data-driven world. As leaders lean harder into AI, many are unknowingly disconnecting from the very signals that drive trust, communication, and team performance. If you’re a leader responsible for decisions, people, and outcomes, this conversation will challenge how you think abou...

AI is moving fast—but most leaders are still trying to figure out what to do with it. In this conversation, Lena Skliarova Mordvinova breaks down the real tension: how to use AI to accelerate growth without losing trust, clarity, or control inside your organization. This episode is for leaders navigating uncertainty—those who want to leverage AI for better decision-making, stronger communication,...

Most leaders are rushing into AI—but few are leading it well. In this episode, Joel Salinas breaks down why AI adoption is failing inside organizations and how leaders can implement it without losing trust, clarity, or performance. If you’re a Director, VP, or executive trying to figure out how AI fits into your strategy, this conversation gives you a clear path forward. It’s not about tools—it’s...

Most leaders think they need more tactics. Maeve Ferguson makes the case that what they really need is infrastructure. In this conversation, she breaks down how founders turn expertise into systems that build trust, improve communication, and drive team success. This episode is for leaders who feel stuck in the middle of everything—decision-making, delivery, messaging, and growth. If you want more...

Leadership often focuses on strategy, execution, and performance. But what if the real breakthrough starts with the leader themselves? In this episode of The Next Interview, Doland White sits down with Curtis McCullom, human potential coach and founder of Bespoke Human Potential Coaching. Curtis shares how his L.G.E.T. Mindset — Learn, Grow, Expand, Transform — helps leaders address the internal b...

Reed Nyffeler, Founder & CEO of Signal, joins me for a bold conversation about what leadership really looks like when you’re scaling trust across 650+ franchise locations. At the heart of this episode is one tension every executive faces: how do you empower people without losing control? This episode is for Directors, VPs, and CEOs who want stronger execution without micromanagement. If you’re bui...

David Howe brings a rare combination of leadership experience to this conversation—thirty years in the U.S. Army, including Special Forces, and three decades in senior roles within Fortune 100 organizations. But the real focus of this episode isn’t resume—it’s infrastructure. Specifically, why life planning is the missing foundation in executive leadership. If you’re leading at the Director, VP, o...

Customer experience isn’t a department—it’s a leadership system. In this episode, Doland White sits down with Wes Dudley, Senior Vice President of Customer Experience at Broad River Retail, to unpack how trust, transparency, and accountability drive real performance. If you lead teams in high-pressure environments, this conversation will challenge how you think about culture and execution. This ep...

How do leaders build trust under pressure? Jenn Greenhut shares leadership lessons on trust, accountability, and self-leadership when it matters most. Jenn Greenhut joins The Next Interview for a powerful conversation on leadership, trust, and accountability forged under extreme pressure. A stage IV cancer survivor, author, and founder of Love, Zero Negative, Jenn shares how life’s hardest moments...

Claudio Reilsono, longtime Carnegie Mellon baseball coach and leadership author, joins The Next Interview to unpack a truth most leaders learn the hard way: talent doesn’t build winning teams—trust does. This conversation explores what happens when leaders prioritize the right people over resumes, and why culture always beats credentials. This episode is for Directors, VPs, and executives navigati...

This isn’t a show about titles, hype, or surface-level success. It’s a conversation for leaders who know there’s another level—of clarity, confidence, and impact—and are ready to step into it. Each episode, I sit down with executives, founders, and thinkers who’ve been in the seat. People who’ve made hard decisions, built trust when it mattered most, and learned what actually moves teams forward....

Leadership doesn’t stop when the workday ends — and neither does its impact. In this episode of The Next Interview, Doland White sits down with Kelly Clements, relationship strategist and founder of The Entreprenewer®, to explore how trust, accountability, and alignment at home quietly shape leadership performance at work. This conversation tackles the tension leaders feel when success on paper do...