The Uncommon Leader Podcast

Welcome back, Uncommon leaders This is The Uncommon Leader Podcast. My guest today is Chris Felton. Chris is an Amazon bestselling author and sought after speaker. Today, Chris shares the story about his newly released book, Think and Grow You - How to Get Out Of Your Own Way and Level Up Your Life. What I love about this interview is that he didn't just write these tips, but he lived them. I...

Hey, uncommon leaders. Welcome back. My guest today is a familiar name to the podcast. Paul DeChant is a three-time guest and a friend of mine that I love to stay in touch with as he continues to work to improve the healthcare workplace. While Paul has been  retired from his successful CEO role for several years now, he continues to be an influencer as a speaker, author and a consultant as well as...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back! My guest today is my John Mollura.  John is a multi-award winning luxury portrait photographer and keynote speaker.  AND, he is so much more.  John was a rocket scientist and his career was ‘rocketing’ to uncharted heights.  He spent decades leading a variety of teams; some that landed missions on Mars.  He shares the story of a personal tragedy that resulted in...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back! My guest today is my friend Daniel Harkavy.  Daniel is the Founder & CEO of Building Champions, an organization that coaches leaders, teams, and organizations to be healthy and high-performing so they can have a greater impact on everyone they serve.  If Building Champions sounds familiar, it probably should.  As you may know, I founded Growing Champions and...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.  My guest today is Andrew L Anderson.  Andrew is a life transformation and business productivity coach and author of the #1 International Best-selling book, Strength of the Oak, Strength of the Willow: How to Find courage and compassion in a turbulent world .   Listen through for some great tips that he has cultivated while coaching over 600 individuals to help...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.   My guest today is Dr. Christie McMullen.  Christie is the CEO & Chief People Development Officer for the AIM company and their goal is to make work Fun!  Christie is also a best-selling author of Learning Can Stick -  A Guide To Make Every Learning Experience Safe, Logical, Fun, And Memorable.  Her energy is contagious and I really think you are going to...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back! My guest today is Patty O Hamilton.  You may recall that Patty was a guest way back in the first season of the Uncommon Leader Podcast.  First, I can’t believe how fast time is going, but more importantly, in that episode, Patty and I discussed her journey to become a first time author .  Well, it’s official!  I now get the chance to interview author, Patty O Ha...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!  For episode 50 of the Uncommon Leader Podcast I have  Steve Scanlon,  the CEO and Co-founder of Re-wire, Inc where he helps train executives to become better leaders, increase performance and improve profitability through a science-based approach to Executive Coaching & Leadership Development.  I met Steve a little over a decade ago when he was an Executive...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back! Is there a change you have been wanting to make this year as a part of your goals?  Are you feeling stuck? Well, my guest today shares his story to help you out.  BJ Thompson is a speaker, author, and executive director for the relationship nonprofit Build a Better Us.  Over the past twenty years, he has helped tens of thousands of people all over the world expe...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back! Life is all about relationships – I believe that and today’s guest takes that to another level. On episode 48 of the Uncommon Leader Podcast, I interview author Jesse Eubanks.  He has a new book coming out soon titled “How We Relate – Understanding God, Yourself, and Others through the Enneagram”.  As leaders, many of us have completed personality profiles befor...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back to  the Uncommon Leader Podcast ! On today’s episode, I interview Bob Wheatley.  Bob is an author, podcaster , and a former professional baseball player in the St Louis Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays minor league systems.  Bob’s work has been featured on nationally syndicated radio.  As an author and content creator, Bob has a passion for helping young Christian...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.  This is the Uncommon Leader Podcast  On Episode 46, I have a great guest lined up for you.  Doctor Alice Penn is an expert international coach and speaker that has journeyed from Medical Doctor to Finance executive to business owner.  In this episode, Alice details how she overcame personal battles with mental & physical illness as well divorce, and how sh...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back! What an inspirational and encouraging guest for today's episode!  Chris Welton is a Certified Mortgage Planner in Lake Mary, FL, but he is SO much more that.  Chris is a leader who has learned to run toward and overcome adversity… overcome a tough childhood, overcome a limb difference, overcome loss of family, including a newborn son.   Chris has learned th...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.  This is the Uncommon Leader Podcast and I am your host, John Gallagher – I have got a special, special guest for you to hear from today.   Gianna Rahmani is an author, entrepreneur, speaker, business leader and devoted wife and mom.  In today’s episode Gianna discusses, amongst other things, her recently released book, Dayhustle.  Listen in as she defines a co...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.  This is the Uncommon Leader Podcast and I am your host, John Gallagher. In this client spotlight episode, I talk with Maria Francesconi, who is the Chief of Nursing and Director of Health Promotion and Education at Harvard University Health Services in Cambridge, MA.    Maria and I have worked together for the past several years on her leadership development j...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back! I have a special, special guest for you today. Jeff Henderson is an entrepreneur, speaker, pastor, business leader and author.  His bestselling book Know What you’re FOR , launched a movement in nonprofits around the world and  Jeff was recently named by Forbes Magazine as one of twenty speakers you shouldn’t miss and you definitely should NOT miss this conversa...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!  Today my guest for season 2 Episode 18 is Lien Randle.  Lien is the Senior Director, Continuous Improvement, for Mitsubishi Electric, US and she is headquartered  in Cypress, CA. Lien’s story is inspiring.  Listen in and you will get to hear how she grew up the daughter of a Korean War US Air Force Pilot and a Vietnamese mother who both taught here that there w...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.  This is the Uncommon Leader Podcast and I am your host, John Gallagher.  I am currently growing this podcast and building a community of people who are interested in making intentional moves toward positive work and life change in the areas of Faith, Family, Fitness, Friends, Fun, Finances,  Doing this podcast has opened doors to connect people I otherwise wou...

Welcome back Uncommon Leader Podcast nation!  I have got another fantastic guest for you this week.  His name is  Ken Nienke, former Lead Pastor at Fellowship Community Church in Salem, VA.  The theme of this podcast is organization and personal growth.  While Ken’s experience was in ministry, growing Fellowship from a small church that started in a basement with 69 people to a thriving three-camp...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.   For this episode, I have flipped the script completely.  I have asked one of my fantastic friends and my coach, Raymond Gleason, to GUEST HOST the show and interview ME so that the listeners of the Uncommon Leader Podcast get to know a little more about me and the journey that led me to starting Growing Champions.   As you might guess, Raymond knows me pretty...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.   So, I have had lots of great guests and some of the ones I have had the most fun with are with my family members.  This one is no different as I interview my oldest son, Brendan Gallagher Brendan is a 2020 graduate of Liberty University He was part of Liberty’s Division 1 Competition and Sideline Cheer team from 2017-2019. Liberty Cheer placed 7th Nationally...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.   This week I place a coaching client directly in the interview spotlight and you are going to love this story!  My guest is  Kellianne Thayer, the Director of Primary Care Access Operations at Atrius Health in Boston, MA.  I so appreciate chatting with Kellianne about her Uncommon leadership journey from being a young child  and “afraid to  share her thoughts”...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.   I am very excited and humbled to be bringing you  the guest you are about to hear from on today’s podcast.  I have got Jeremy Scott of Jeremy Scott Fitness in Scottsdale, AZ.  His ‘bio’ speaks for itself as he is a successful entrepreneur that has turned his passion for helping people learn to be fit into an extremely successful fitness community  online and...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!   I have a very, very special and lovely guest to introduce to you today.  I have known her for 30+ years and she has had a VERY positive influence on my life.  Today, I interview my wife, Chris Gallagher!  While there are many topics we could discuss, on this episode we chat about a book we both recently read, The Coffee Bean – A Simple Lesson to Create Positiv...

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back! On today’s podcast, I interview Darrin Dick, the campus pastor for Newspring church in Myrtle Beach, SC.  I brought Darrin on to discuss a book that he suggested to me recently titled the Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. Darrin and I discuss how he learned about the book, the people who shared and poured into his life and some of the habits he is working to implem...