The Rising Leader

  Geoffrey Roche is the inaugural Director of Workforce Development at Siemens Healthineers and the National Healthcare Practice Executive Advisor at Core Education PBC. A healthcare executive with over 15 years of experience leading cross-functional teams in healthcare operations, Geoffrey speaks on healthcare workforce topics at national conferences such as Becker’s Annual Conference, HIMMS, and...

  I recently read a review of the Rising Leader Podcast and it made me chuckle. The review explained that, although the podcast’s interview episodes are great, the solo episodes tend to be repetitive. And that’s understandable—I do repeat some of the same themes like a broken record, but for good reason. I always talk about leadership, and one reason for this is that most people tend to overcompli...

  Dr. Mandy Lehto is an executive coach based in London. She works with leaders and high performers to improve their leadership styles and executive presence to transition into senior roles and lead successful, happy teams. She has worked with several well-established companies such as Oracle, HSBC, Smith & Williamson, and Gotshal & Manges.   Dr. Mandy joins me today to share her journey t...

  You do your best pitching—but you lose a sale. You attempt to communicate your ideas well—but you get shot down in the boardroom. How do you react when you fail? Do you sulk, lick your wounds, or get resentful? Try to find excuses? Or do you acknowledge the feeling of disappointment and try to come back better? Handling disappointment and loss can be as challenging as the tasks that caused them,...

  Devon Bandison is an author, coach, and speaker. He is the go-to mind coach of the NBA and one of the most sought-after personal and business coaches in the world. As a coach, Devon works with Fortune 100 Companies and people from all walks of life, from professional athletes and teams, CEOs and executives, salespeople and small business owners to filmmakers, producers, and the world’s leading b...

  I didn’t think of The Rising Leader—it came to me: it picked me, and I answered the call. When I started pivoting to The Rising Leader, I was having so much fun. And though I was putting my heart and soul into writing the book, rebranding the podcast, and creating a keynote, it felt like everything was flowing—until it didn’t. It started to feel like I was pushing a rock up a hill. What came out...

  You’ve probably seen a video making rounds on the internet recently: a gentleman speaking to an economic forum sharing his rather controversial take on unemployment. The gentleman claims that today’s workers are arrogant and feel like they can get away with anything and their companies owe them; that we need to “put employees in their places” by doubling unemployment and having hard economic tim...

  Matt Abrahams is a professor, keynote speaker, and martial artist. He is a leading expert in communication and serves as a lecturer in organizational behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he received the school’s Alumni Teaching Award. Matt teaches popular classes in strategic communication and effective virtual presenting. Additionally, he teaches public speaking...

  “Am I working too hard?” is a question I get a lot from people—and one I received from the host of a podcast I recently got invited to. My answer to that question is another set of questions: when you’re “working hard,” where does it come from and how does it feel on your body? Depending on how you answer, you’re either working on something you love—and are probably there by choice—or working fo...

  Marcia Zaruba O’Connor is the CEO and founder of The O’Connor Group (TOC), a leading provider of talent acquisition and human resources consulting for life science, healthcare, professional service, information technology, and manufacturing. Prior to founding TOC, Marcia held various senior-level positions at Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting. She also served as the Director of Human Capit...

  Mark B. Murphy is an author, speaker, and business strategist who serves as the CEO of Northeast Private Client Group, a national financial planning and wealth management firm. Driven by his passion for empowering entrepreneurs to achieve multigenerational wealth, Mark is transforming the financial planning and wealth management industry with his innovative and forward-thinking approach. He is t...

  Are you the go-to person for everybody at your workplace? Do people come to you all day, every day, to ask for help in exchange for that tasty dopamine hit from getting praised for a job well done? If yes, then you might be someone like me. As someone with a “Happy Helper” personality type, I’m more than glad to get out of my usual tasks and into “unofficial” jobs to help someone out. But doing...

Dr. Jeff Spencer is a speaker and a coach to Tiger Woods, Richard Branson, Dave Asprey, and over 40 Olympic, World, National, and Tour de France gold medalists. He has spent over 300,000 hours helping established founders, visionaries, and creatives perform at their full potential at any time, place, and circumstance. Drawing from his experience as an Olympic cyclist, author, hot glass artist, spo...

As the leader of an organization, communication is almost your entire job: how you show up, what you say in a situation, how much you communicate, and when you communicate are crucial factors to keep in mind as a leader. The better you understand the art of communication, the better leader you’re going to be. But for many of us, when we think about communicating at the workplace, we mostly think a...

  I’ve recently been watching the legal drama series Suits on Netflix—to say that I’m totally into it is probably an understatement. Suits is about a high-powered law firm in New York City, where people work themselves to the floor, balls to the wall, and compete until they’ve got nothing left. The associates and new lawyers are treated like garbage and everybody’s overworked—but in crisp, snazzy...

  Larry Quinlan is a technology leader, public board director, and strategic advisor to private equity. He is the former Global Chief Information Officer of Deloitte, one of the world’s largest professional services organizations for over 330,000 people in more than 150 countries and territories. As Deloitte’s Global CIO, Larry led 10,000 IT professionals across the world and drove significant rev...

  Let’s say, on a Monday morning, while scrolling through Instagram, you see a post. It’s your group of friends going golfing over the weekend—and you’re literally out of the picture because you weren’t invited. How would you respond to that? Would you turn it on yourself and decide you’re not likable enough and start sulking about it or would you let your anger go someplace else and trash other p...

  Let’s say, on a Monday morning, while scrolling through Instagram, you see a post. It’s your group of friends going golfing over the weekend—and you’re literally out of the picture because you weren’t invited. How would you respond to that? Would you turn it on yourself and decide you’re not likable enough and start sulking about it or would you let your anger go someplace else and trash other p...

  What do Leonardo da Vinci, Jesus, and the Buddha have in common? They all highlight the power of self-mastery, self-discipline, and self-control. I find that their wisdom on self-mastery speaks to me, especially as someone who has severe ADHD. And whenever I do the Mastering Overwhelm workshops, I pepper their axioms throughout the entire session to remind everyone, including myself, about the v...

Tom Mendoza is the former President and Vice Chair of NetApp, a hybrid cloud data service and data management company that has ranked in the Fortune 500 list since 2012. After 25 impressive years of service at NetApp, Tom retired from the company to share his wealth of knowledge and experience by guest lecturing on the power of corporate culture to benefit the younger business generation. He also...

  Brian Souza is the Founder and CEO of Productivity Drivers, a sales leadership training and consulting firm specializing in building world-class, high-performance teams and organizations. He is also a New York Times bestselling author and a highly sought after keynote speaker. His book The Weekly Coaching Conversation is an informative and accessible coaching framework backed with years of thoro...

David Kline is a leadership coach, adviser, and writer. He is the founder and creator of the MGMT Accelerator, a cohort-based program that helps leaders level up by building out their codified management playbooks and systems. David also owns SkillScouter, a trusted source of online courses, learning hacks, and career advice. He formerly served as the COO of multiple divisions in Bridgewater Assoc...

  Once upon a time, I was sick, depressed, suicidal—and wanted to make a million dollars. How did I make the transition from being incapable of selling, depressed, and in bad shape to making a million dollars? Leadership. While hard work has been a huge piece of turning my life around, I wouldn’t have made it without a leader that supported, trusted, and believed in me when I couldn’t believe in m...

Mark Barden is a Partner at eatbigfish , a highly-renowned consultation company that takes on the challenges of moving an established brand higher up the ranks through market research and effective business strategies. He is the co-author of A Beautiful Constraint , a book that teaches readers to highlight the constraints in their lives and view them in a positive manner that leads to solutions. M...

Kim Scott is an author, speaker, and the Co-founder of Radical Candor, an enterprise dedicated to creating productive organizations where respect and collaboration combine. Before co-founding Radical Candor, Kim served as a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies, as well as a faculty member at Apple University. She also led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Goo...