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About Phyllis Sarkaria: Phyllis coaches both men and women in gaining influence in corporations and organizations. She has 25+ years of leadership experience and she's a Master Corporate Executive Coach, Facilitator, and a trusted advisor to the companies she works with. She has held executive roles in government affairs and human resources. Phyllis worked with the energy industry for almost 20 ye...

About Mitch Russo: In 1985, he founded Time Slips Corporation which grew to become the largest time tracking corporation in the world and in 1994. Time Slips Corporation was sold to Sage PLC for eight figures. While he was at Sage, Mitch went on to run all of Sage US as Chief Operations Officer, a division with 300 people with a market cap and excess of a hundred million. Mitch joined Chet Holmes...

About Chris Olmsted: Chris helps businesses avoid employment-related legal claims by providing employment law compliance advice and he also defends employers in a variety of litigation matters. He's an attorney and shareholder in the San Diego office of Ogletree Deakins which is a California-based law firm. During his 25 years of experience litigating employment law claims, he has helped clients r...

About Jordan Goldrich: Jordan is a Master Corporate Executive Coach who partners with senior and developing leaders and executives who have a strong desire for results, who take charge, lead their teams, and accomplish the mission. His mission is to help them be completely authentic, fulfill their mission, and morale while taking performance to an even higher level. Jordan leverages his background...

About Stephen Mitchley: He is the Chief Strategy Officer who leads The Vitality Group's digital and global partner disciplines. He brings more than 25 years of experience and expertise in overseeing operations and technology to The Vitality Group product team. Mr. Mitchley joined Vitality Group's parent South Africa based Discovery Holdings Limited in 2000 and has had exposure across the group, le...

About Gregg Ward: He was a professional actor, writer, director and producer in New York and in London. He was also a trainer in the New York City Police Department using live theater in helping police handle difficult situations that they encounter. He was also a freelance journalist on an assignment for BBC in the United Kingdom. Now, he serves as a speaker, consultant, trainer and executive coa...

About Jeff Smith: He is the founder and CEO of the Supporting Lines Institute. He's on a mission to help leaders and teams perform so that people have a better human experience at work. He builds on 20 years of diverse leadership experience. He's been a CEO, a CFO, and global head of sales.  Jeff is a certified executive coach, chartered professional accountant, certified Dharma Yoga Instructor an...

About Mercedes Martin: She has over two decades of experience in strategic business consulting, inclusion coaching, global diversity and leadership development. Prior to launching her current consultancy, Mercedes worked at Ernst and Young for almost ten years in talent development, organizational, change and as an executive coach. After Ernst and Young, she was Executive Vice President of Busines...

About David Peckinpaugh: David is the President of Maritz Global Events, one of the largest meeting and incentive travel management companies in the world. He has been in the industry for 30 years. He drives his company's culture with the mindset of "first take good care of each other", applying it within the organization and towards his clients. David leads Maritz Global Events in a mission to no...

About Tara McCool: She began her career in broadcasting and journalism which was where she first learned about the importance of bringing compassion to the workplace. From devastated interviewees to nervous live guests, she felt that compassion needed to be present to help the person feel safe and for the interview to be successful.  Over 20 years later, when she transitioned to corporate and work...

About JJ Flizanes: JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist and Host of The Fit 2 Love Podcast Show. She is the Director of Invisible Fitness, an Amazon best-selling author of Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life, and author of Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core, and was named Best Personal Trainer in Los Angeles by...

About Laura Beavin-Yates: Laura is the Director of Customer Success for a firm called Immersion Neuroscience, which helps measure and foster human connection to ourselves to other humans and to experiences. Laura has a passion for helping foster human connection.   In this episode, Jordan and Laura Beavin-Yates discuss: Only 30% of responses to surveys and interviews accurately predict behavior La...

About Tom Crane:  Tom is an international consultant, facilitator, author, and speaker who specializes in the development of high-performance coaching cultures. He works with leaders and teams to embrace what he calls collegial coaching which he wants to become the primary method of communication to enhance individual and team performance. The premise of Tom's books The Art of Coaching and The Ris...

About Phil Dana: Philip Dana is an HR Leader who brings calm to the chaos, thriving on transformation and growth. He has been with companies like Amazon, Intuit, life technologies, and others. He says he has seen the worst and the best of humanity, sometimes standing right next to each other. Today, Phil is the Head of Human Resources for Dendreon Pharmaceuticals, an organization that is known for...

About CB Bowman: CB Bowman is the CEO of Workplace Equity and Equality where her goal is to support organizations from moving from intent and commitment to action without blame or shame through empathic experience-based training. She's also the CEO of the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches (ACEC). ACEC supports master level corporate executive coaches who work with leaders in Fortune 1000...

About Laura Crawshaw: Dr. Laura Crawshaw is known as The Boss Whisperer. She focused her research and practice around relieving workplace suffering caused by what she refers to as abrasive leaders. Laura wrote a book, which is called Taming the Abrasive Manager, and Unnecessary Roughness in the Workplace. Laura has also been one of my main sources of feedback over the years. She has over 30 years...

Hear a unique perspective about executives who are perceived as abrasive and who sometimes get called names like bully and jerk. Today's podcast is a recording of an interview Jordan did on WorldatWork's Work in Progress podcast several months ago. The hosts, Charles Epstein and Tom Alexander asked really good questions and we had a very deep conversation.  There is some (not much) explicit langua...

In this episode, Jordan and  discuss: Misunderstandings about abrasive leaders  "Warrior Spirit" (results focus) is a key component of business leadership Internal market research: Feedforward Key Takeaways: We need results focused leaders in our rapidly changing business environment These leaders are often experienced as abrasive or even bullies.  To offset the impact of your style, let people kn...

In this episode, Jordan discusses: We need success driven leaders and senior executives in our volatile, uncertain, complex world. Sometimes, they are perceived as abrasive and occasionally called names like bully.  This self-assessment is a great starting point for discovery.  Key Takeaways: Reports and peers may be afraid to tell you what they really think  Superiors may be conflict avoidant "Le...

About Eric Chriss: Eric is the Founder and CEO of CUSTOMatrix Inc. a multi-disciplinary business consulting firm with the mission, "Transforming the way companies build wealth." Eric pioneered the CFO Fractional Practice Model, which is a model that has taken on a national scope and is recognized as a best practice within the financial leadership arena. He has a background as a CFO and today funct...

About Jordan Goldrich: Jordan is an executive coach who partners with senior and developing leaders and executives who have a strong desire for results, who take charge, lead their teams and accomplish the mission. His mission is to help them be completely authentic, fulfill their mission, achieve respect, and positive relationships while taking performance to an even higher level.  Jordan leverag...

About Pieter Van Ry: Pieter is an executive in the water utility sector with 25+ years of experience in public and private organizations. He's a licensed professional engineer, and he has his executive MBA from the University of Denver. He is passionate about leadership and developing high performing teams in the water industry. He is currently the Director of South Platte Renew which is a regiona...

In this episode, Jordan discusses: Delivering negative feedback to overly sensitive individuals. The steps to giving constructive feedback. Giving feedback with both positive and negative aspects. Key Takeaways: The earlier you tell someone there is a problem the earlier they will be able to address and change the associated behavior.   You have no control over how the other person is going to rea...

About Victoria Vives Khuong: Victoria is an Amazon Best Selling Author in multiple categories, an international speaker, a podcast host, a martial artist, a healer, and a teacher. She helps women entrepreneurs and women executives find a balance between having a successful business along with a fulfilling personal life. In her book A Matter of Seconds: A Story to Empower Yourself to Love Success a...

About Gary Denham: Gary is an expert on leading and coaching elite performers. As a 20 year veteran of the Navy Seals, he was responsible for teaching communication, leadership, and mentoring skills to active duty seals operators and members of other special forces. Gary was Director of Instructor Development for the Naval Special Warfare Center for 8 years where he personally oversaw the initial...