The Uncommon Leader Podcast

Welcome back to the Uncommon Leader podcast.  I've got another great conversation to share with you from a leader I've worked with before. And I believe you're going to appreciate this leader's journey.  Scottie Pennington is the vice president of operations at metal source in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Scottie's a leader that, like many of us, has seen his share of ups and down...

Hey listeners, Welcome back to the Uncommon Leader Podcast. Recently, I got the chance to interview the former Director of Football Operations for Clemson University, Andy Johnston.  Andy oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Clemson football program from 1997 through 2015 under famous coaches, Tommy West, Tommy Bowden, and Dabo Swinney.  Prior to his football operations career, Andy was the wo...

Hey fellow leaders, Welcome back to the Uncommon Leader Podcast.   I am excited to share with you a recent conversation that  I recorded with Dr. Les Schwab.  Les is a Primary Care Physician with more than 35 years experience in medical practice and healthcare organization leadership.  He now operations a coaching and consulting practice focused on performance improvement and leadership developmen...

Hey listeners, Welcome back to the Uncommon Leader Podcast.   I am excited to share with you a fantastic interview I recorded recently with an up and coming Uncommon leader, Ethan Callison.  Ethan is a campus pastor at Fellowship Community Church in Roanoke, VA.  On his LinkedIn profile, Ethan defines success as “remaining faithful and obedient to the plans and purposes God has for you and your li...

Welcome back to the Uncommon Leader Podcast.  I'm excited to share with you a recent interview that I recorded with a lifelong learner,  Keith Murphy. He is the executive director of Strategy Deployment,  Organizational Development and Marketing at Atrius Health in Boston, MA. Keith has a great story to tell today. I love how he links together a  challenge he had when he was young and how he...

It’s good to have you back, Uncommon Leader Podcast nation!  I’ve got Coach Jacob Gruse back on the podcast for you this week to talk about his SECOND state championship basketball season as the varsity coach for the Cave Spring Knights Boys basketball team.  His team finished the year 29-1 and won a THRILLING championship game in the last seconds.  I really had a fun time chatting with him.  We d...

Welcome back uncommon leader podcast, nation.  You are about to hear a special conversation with another Uncommon leader who was very close to me. My guest on the Uncommon Leader Podcast is my brother, Michael Gallagher. Michael is a middle school math teacher, a basketball official and coach, and owner of Gthreenc,  a custom silk screening business in North Carolina. He's also a husband and...

Welcome back, Uncommon Leader Podcast nation!   I promised this season you would hear from seasoned professionals and leaders, but also from some leaders just starting on their development journey.  My guest today on the Uncommon Leader Podcast is none other than my son, Joseph, aka Jo-Jo Gallagher.   Joseph is a recent graduate of Liberty University with a degree in Youth Ministry.  Upon graduati...

Glad to have you back, Uncommon Leader Podcast nation. My guest today on the first episode of season two of the Uncommon Leader Podcast is Rick Morrison. Rick is the founder of Inspired Policing Solutions. LLC, a consulting and training company geared toward impacting organizational transformation and community culture change. Rick had a long career in public service and retired with the rank of c...

Welcome back! I am excited to announce season 2 of The Uncommon Leader Podcast.   I will continue to have excellent leaders who have made an impact on me with their leadership style, AND I will be introducing some fun new segments as well with some listener Q&A podcasts, client spotlights, audience challenges, the next generation of Uncommon leaders, and more. If you're not already a subs...

Welcome back uncommon leader, podcast listeners. I've got a great guest for you today, Dr. Byron Scott, Byron's got a fascinating and strong resume:  He  was a practicing emergency medical physician for over 25 years.  He was a Deputy Chief Health Officer for IBM He has held various physician leadership roles over 18 years with healthcare systems. He is a Faculty member at Thomas Jeffers...

Welcome back Uncommon Leader podcast listeners!  It's hard to believe with 2021 is coming to a close.  As leaders, a structured reflection  is a good way to end your year and prepare for the next. Hopefully you're planning  some time over this holiday season to rest catch up and using intentional process to reflect on 2021 and preparing for an Uncommon 2022!! In this episode, I have a se...

Welcome back Uncommon Leader Podcast Nation. I've got another first for you. This episode. I have my first repeat guest in Dr. Paul Dechant. Way back in episode one, Paul and I discussed a growing concern in healthcare and industry overall, the topic of 'burnout in the workplace.  Here is a link to that first episode . While in that episode we talked about the symptoms of burnout, this e...

Welcome back uncommon leader podcast nation. I've got another fabulous interview with another Uncommon leader,  Kristen Gielow. Kristen has been an executive coach for the past 16 years and has been  the owner of decision coaching, LLC for nearly 14 of those 16 years. In this episode, Kristen shares some great tips for leading and leading teams in our new work, from home or remote culture tha...

Welcome back Uncommon Leader Podcast Nation. Each week, I interview guests --Uncommon leaders --  from various walks of life and various points on their leadership journey. This week I flipped the script just a little bit, and I'm sharing an excerpt from a recent lean blog post podcast where I was interviewed by Lean Blog podcast host , Mark Graban. He chatted with me about many things on my...

Welcome back Uncommon Leader nation. I'm putting these podcasts together for you, the uncommon leader, so that you can use this to equip you and go and grow more uncommon leaders. In essence champions who grow champions. We need a nation of uncommon leaders and you made to fill that need. I appreciate that each episode I interview successful leaders that have a great story to tell. In this sp...

Welcome back uncommon leader podcast listeners. My guest today is Jacob Gruse, the Head Basketball coach at cave spring high school in Roanoke, Virginia. The Knights achieved the pinnacle when they won the state championship during the 2019-2020 season. The team faced turmoil that year as they played all of their games away from home as their gym was being rebuilt and the season ended early as a r...

Welcome back Uncommon Leader Podcast nation! I've got a first for you today on the show. Today's guests are the father daughter team of Teresa Weston and Keith Miller. They are the coauthors of the book WIDE-EYED Wisdom . This is a book for equipping young adults on their transition to adulthood. It's a framework, if you will, to help young people bridge the gap between 18 and adult...

Welcome back listeners to the uncommon leader podcast. This week's guest is Mark Graban. Mark is an internationally recognized consultant, author, speaker, blogger, and podcaster. He's authored or co-authored four books, the most recent being The Measure of Success... React Less, Lead Better and Improve More . He has hosted more than 600 podcasts, over many names, including his Lean Blog...

Welcome back for another episode of the "Best of the Uncommon Leader Podcast", where I take a listen back on the last five episodes and choose some of the top uncommon responses that I know will interest you, the listener. I had a really diverse and fun set of interviews with: Pastor John Sharp Neurologist George Palma, MD Engineer and Director of Quality David Campbell Executive Coach B...

Welcome back to the latest episode of the Uncommon Leader Podcast.  In this episode, I have a great conversation with my former trainer, Margaux Bellinger.  Margaux was one of the primary drivers behind my recent health transformation where I was able to lose 80 pounds and have kept it off for almost 3 years now!  Her ways of motivating were effective (sometimes, borderline Evil! haha) at taking m...

Okay, here we go. With another great episode of the uncommon leader podcast. Welcome back listeners.  My guest on today's show is Coach bill Hart. Bill recently became the National Leadership Coach at Movement Mortgage. Prior to that, he spent over 18 years with Building Champions coaching company, where I was introduced to Bill back in 2010 at a the BC Experience. Bill has over 17,000 hours...

Welcome back!  What a fantastic interview we have this episode with David Campbell.  He's currently the global Senior Director of Quality - Sensor Solutions at TE Connectivity. What makes Dave uncommon is his passion for developing himself and others on his team, his love for family and friends, and his bias for action mindset. You're not going to want to miss his mantra at the end of th...

 I've got a great interview today with Dr. George Palma,  retired neurologist from a large health system in California who tells it like it is. I think you're truly going to enjoy what George has to say today.  Let me tell you a little bit about him first. George has been instrumental in leading a lean enterprise transformation and influencing leaders to change. And you'll hear a li...

Like John Sharp often does on Sunday mornings, He really brought it for us in this episode of the Uncommon Leader Podcast John dropped some fantastic value-adders in this episode including: "Our past failure does not determine our future potential" How to not let fear keep you from sharing with others Stop focusing on what we can't do and focus on what we CAN do! If you enjoyed this...