To Lead Is Human

Delve into the challenges and rewards of building a human-centered business. Through Paul David’s journey, we learn about innovative work practices such as the four-day workweek and pay transparency, highlighting the significance of intentional leadership and the key role of honest conversations. This is To Lead Is Human — listen to learn how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of a...

Discover the dynamic leadership approach of Jonathan Weathington as he talks about authenticity, cultural fit, and humanistic communication. He shares how these principles foster a thriving workplace and offers key insights and lessons for leaders across diverse industries and business settings. This is To Lead Is Human — listen to learn how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of ac...

Advertising CEO Brian Danzis sees leadership as a platform to express the power of optimism and the transformative impact of joy at work. Discover his further insights on fostering accountability, crafting authentic connections, and inspiring teams to achieve greatness in today’s business landscape. This is To Lead Is Human — listen to learn how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures o...

In transforming a community’s shared needs into a mission-driven organization, Vandana Kumar navigated challenges of change and fostered team buy-in. This conversation highlights the importance of clarity, empathy, and adaptability in leadership, offering valuable lessons for leaders at all levels. This is To Lead Is Human — listen to learn how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of...

In this Season 3 finale, Sharon presents the full episode of her recent appearance on Neuroscience of Coaching , hosted by Dr. Irena O’Brien . They explore the fascinating concept of “team flow”—a state of peak performance from team members shown by the activation of alpha waves in the brain. This is To Lead Is Human — listen to learn how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accou...

In this special episode, host Sharon Richmond is joined by Lisa Bloom , host of Mirasee FM’s Once Upon a Business . They discuss a story from Lisa’s show, in which monkeys mistakenly try to rescue the moon, which is a metaphor for the danger of not checking assumptions and ignoring quieter voices in the organization. In addition, Sharon and Lisa talk about the value of intentional leadership and h...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. Envision how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Scott Freidheim is a family-focused, community-minded, risk-taking adventurer and businessman who serves and has served on the boards and executive committees of numerous major corporations and nonprofits. “The most important thing is to reflect on how you want to li...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. Envision how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Sean Platt is a highly prolific author with hundreds of published books to his name. He is also the co-founder of Sterling & Stone, a publishing company turned “intellectual property incubator.” “The world can be a dark place. You should laugh at it. Because if y...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. Envision how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Arvind KC is the Chief People and Systems Officer at Roblox. “I realized that the path to leadership is a very deliberate path, just like the path to learning any technology is. And you have to think of it as a craft that you learn constantly.”   — Arvind KC As the C...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. Envision how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Sharon Richmond is the founder of Leading Large, through which she coaches C-level executives of fast-growing small and mid-size companies who want to up-level their leadership. “Compare your own leadership to yourself.” — Sharon Richmond For more than 30 years, Shar...

Ari Iny is the Director of Growth at Mirasee and co-host of the podcast Course Lab on Mirasee FM. “Often we'll get something across our desks that feels urgent, that you feel like, okay, I really need to respond to this as soon as possible… when maybe you don't.” — Ari Iny Ari Iny started at Mirasee in 2014 as the company’s Facebook ad coordinator. Since then, he has grown through working numerous...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. Envision how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Adrian Sheppard is the Fire Chief for the City of Redmond, Washington, overseeing all of the city’s fire, rescue, and emergency medical services. “I see leadership as this competency-based power curriculum. You're always spiraling up and learning more as you go along...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. Envision how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Sharon Richmond helps C-level executives from mid-size and small, fast-growing companies up-level their leadership and build companies they are proud of.  “One of the really strange things about our brains is that social pain actually registers the same way that phys...

Maggie Dent is an author, educator, and parenting and resilience specialist with a particular interest in the early years and adolescence. “Because play is the best teacher to raise a capable, competent, resilient kid.”   — Maggie Dent Maggie Dent is an author, educator, and parenting and resilience specialist with a particular interest in the early years and adolescence. Commonly known as the “qu...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. Envision how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Jonathan Reckford is chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity International, a global Christian housing organization that has helped more than 59 million people construct, rehabilitate, or preserve their homes. “Servant leadership is the only way to make it wo...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. Envision how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Tom O'Brien has built a long career in the field of human resources, currently serving as the VP of Human Resources at Trinchero Family Estates, a winery in Napa, California. “You got to lead from the heart. You got to lead from caring about others.”   — Tom O’Brien...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. Envision how you  can uplevel your  leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Len Forkas is a dynamic figure known for his roles as an entrepreneur, endurance athlete, international explorer, and dedicated philanthropist. “When people’s work has meaning, and they have the trust to be autonomous in doing what they do, and they belong to somet...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. This show helps listeners envision how they can uplevel their leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Andy Levitt is the Founder and CEO of Brightly , a company with a mission at the intersection of food waste and climate change. Prior to Brightly, Andy was the Founder and CEO of the national plant-based meal company Purple Carrot. “You fe...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. This show helps listeners envision how they can uplevel their leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Dr. John Austin is an internationally recognized coach to business leaders on safety and human performance and a former professor of psychology. Pam Fox Rollin, MBA coaches executives and top teams in Silicon Valley and globally. “So much...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. This show helps listeners envision how they can uplevel their leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Arjun Moorthy is an entrepreneur who is currently building his next startup after having sold his last one, The Factual, to Yahoo. “Your first startup is an absolute public ass kicking. You look like a complete clown. And so it gets rid of...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. This show helps listeners envision how they can uplevel their leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Ari Iny is the Director of Growth at Mirasee and serves as a business coach in the company’s flagship ACES program. “Culture isn’t ping-pong tables and free meals, although some people like those a lot. Culture is how we work together when...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. This show helps listeners envision how they can uplevel their leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Eliana Hassen serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of the Redda Group, a boutique management consulting and executive search firm specializing in strategic growth. “All of us have our flaws. And the bravest person dis...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. This show helps listeners envision how they can uplevel their leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Sharon Vosmek is the CEO of Astia and Managing Partner of the Astia Fund. Astia is a global organization that works to level the investment playing field for startups that include women.  “What if [the innovation economy] included more wom...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. This show helps listeners envision how they can uplevel their leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Dev Basu is the founder of Powered by Search , a B2B SaaS marketing agency. “A leader’s job is to be able to find those unique players on their team, and put them in the right places and seats where you're setting them up to win rather tha...

Welcome to To Lead Is Human. This show helps listeners envision how they can uplevel their leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Doug Camplejohn is an accomplished tech executive, entrepreneur, startup advisor, and the Founder and CEO of Airspeed, a platform that connects and celebrates employees digitally. “The really fascinating part to me was the number-one reaso...