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Manar Sweillam Morales is a national thought leader and visionary on building human-centered workplace cultures at the intersection of diversity, flexibility, and well-being. As the Founder & CEO of the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance , Manar is on a mission to empower organizations to unlock their full potential by creating inclusive environments, implementing effective flexible work strategies,...

Lynn Blades episode: Minimal Brain Activity by Unheard Music Concepts (source: Free Music Archive) (CC BY)    www.lynnblades.com Lynn Blades, author of THE QUIET BURN: The Ambitious Woman's Guide To Recognizing And Preventing Burnout , is the founder of Legacy Leadership, an executive leadership consultancy, and a dedicated DEI advocate. She has strived to cultivate a 21 st -century leadership wor...

After graduating from Boston's Emerson College in 1985, Tom headed west to work in the film and television industry. In Hollywood, he honed his writing skills through the trials and tribulations of episodic TV, animated series, screenplay options, and game shows for over two decades. When the feast or famine lifestyle of a Hollywood Writer became too sporadic for his maturing life (He had grown to...

Alison Fragle episode:  Distances by Beat Mekanik (source: Free Music Archive) (CC BY)    ALISON FRAGALE, PhD Speaker. Professor. Compulsive Organizer. Website   www.alisonfragale.com Newsletter   alisonfragale.substack.com ALISON FRAGALE is the Mary Farley Ames Lee Distinguished Scholar of Organizational Behavior at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. Her schola...

Lori Rosenkopf   is the Simon and Midge Palley Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. As Vice Dean for Entrepreneurship, she serves as Wharton's faculty director for Venture Lab, Penn's home for student entrepreneurs, and also their San Francisco campus. In a prior role as Vice Dean of Wharton's Undergraduate Division, she introduced a new curriculum and developed exper...

Abby Davisson episode:  Quickening by malictusmusic (source: Free Music Archive) (CC BY)  Abby Davisson is an author, speaker, and award-winning leader obsessed with holistic decision-making (the kind that takes multiple bottom lines into account). After spending two decades making change from within existing organizations, she launched her own, focused on helping leaders make smart choices for la...

Distances by Beat Mekanik, via Free Music Archive (CC BY)    Wes Adams  is the CEO of SV Consulting Group. He partners with Fortune 500s and scaling companies to develop high-impact leaders and design operating structures that support high performing teams. He is also a positive psychology researcher at the University of Pennsylvania where he studies the leadership practices and organizational str...

Karen Freeman is Chief Product Officer at DCM Insights and one of the authors of the Activator research published in  Harvard Business Review,  titled "What Today's Rainmakers Do Differently."  That article was named one of HBR's top 10 reads of 2025. At DCMi, she is one of the global faculty and responsible for the company's training products and diagnostics.  She has delivered the Activator rese...

Mark Fava episode:      Liberosis (Instrumental) by Nihilore, via Free Music Archive (CC BY)    Mark C. Fava is an author, retired Navy officer, and an aviation lawyer. He currently works as a Vice president at The Boeing Company. Fava flew as a Naval Flight Officer and Mission Commander in the P-3 Orion, accumulating more than 3,000 flight hours, tracking Soviet submarines during the Cold War. He...

Kweilin Ellingrud episode:      Glass Structures by Unheard Music Concepts, via Free Music Archive (CC BY)    Kweilin Ellingrud is McKinsey's Chief Diversity Officer and a director of the McKinsey Global Institute, based in Minneapolis. As a senior partner at McKinsey, she has led research on the topics of gender equality, racial equity, generative AI, the future of work, and global competitivenes...

Steve is a visual artist whose work has been displayed in numerous galleries, juried exhibitions, and prestigious corporate art spaces. He's planning on transitioning to full-time artist from managing the creative side of a web design firm he founded 25 years ago. Previously, Steve had engaged in numerous careers: media training, tech journalism, book writing (he penned more than 50 solo titles an...

  Anjali Sharma The music used in this episode is Upstream Color by Mark Wilson X Source: Free Music Archive (CC BY)    Website: https://narrative.com.sg/storytelling/blog/author/anjali/ Anjali Sharma is the founder of Narrative: The Business of Stories and is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers trusted by international brands seeking guidance on finding, developing, and using their stor...

  Website:  https://secure.ice/?https://www.crushyourmoneygoals.com/ BERNADETTE JOY  isn't just another financial expert—she is a passionate advocate for financial literacy and empowerment and a sought-after financial coach and speaker. Having paid off $300,000 in debt by age 37 she is a living testament to the power of smart money habits having achieved a net worth of $1 million in her 30s as a f...

Jacqueline Carter is an international partner and leads Potential Project in North America. She has worked across industries with top companies including Cisco, Disney, Accenture, Kimberly-Clark, and Royal Bank of Canada to navigate the challenges of leadership and successfully implement complex changes for large organizations. She is the coauthor, with Rasmus Hougaard, of  Compassionate Leadershi...

  Melody Wilding:  The music used in this episode is Simulator by Scanglobe Source: Free Music Archive (CC BY-NC-SA)   MANAGING UP: How To Get What You Need from the People in Charge By Melody Wilding   An indispensable guide to navigating power dynamics, building effective relationships with higher-ups, and earning more authority, freedom, and confidence at work—from one of today's "most innovati...

Dr. Rosalind Chow   is a professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory at the Tepper School of Business, and also affiliated with the   Social and Decision Sciences  group at Dietrich College. Her research, teaching, and writing focus on how we all participate in social systems in ways that have implications for the maintenance or attenuation of inequitable outcomes.  She currently serves as the...

The music used in this episode is Keeping Score by Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: Free Music Archive (CC BY-NC-ND)   In her 18 years at Google, Jenny Wood grew from entry-level to executive, and she most recently led a large operations team that helped drive billions in revenue per year. In 2021, she started a passion project within Google called Own Your Career , which grew...

Sabina Nawaz episode: The music used in this episode was  Sweeping Broomstick  by Jangwa from Free Music Archive (CC BY)  YOU'RE THE BOSS: Become the Manager You Want to Be (and Others Need)   Sabina Nawaz  is an elite executive coach who advises C-level executives and teams at Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and academic institutions around the world. Sabina gives dozen...

  Jennifer Moss episode:   The music used in this episode was  Senility  by Jangwa from Free Music Archive (CC BY)    Jennifer Moss specializes in future-focused leadership development, expertly balancing employee well-being with performance. As an award-winning writer and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, she specializes in transforming workplace culture using data-driven leadership stra...

  The music used in this episode was  Hurt  by Unheard Music Concepts from Free Music Archive (CC BY)  Website:   https://www.theconflictdocs.com/Home Book:  HOW TO GET ALONG WITH ANYONE: The Playbook for Predicting and Preventing Conflict at Work and at Home  by John Eliot and Jim Guinn The average American worker spends 156 hours a year engaged in moderate-to-intense workplace conflict, and mana...

Deborah Perry Piscione  is cofounder of the Work3 Institute, an AI and Web3 advisory firm. She is also a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and innovation and future-of-work thought leader. She is the author of multiple books, including the  New York Times  bestseller  Secrets of Silicon Valley . She was previously a staffer in the U.S. Congress and at the White House, and she...

LEAD WELL: 5 Mindsets to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your Team By Paula Davis A holistic, research-backed framework that helps leaders design healthier team cultures to unlock high-performance and increase well-being intelligence at work. In the wake of the pandemic and on the cusp of the generative AI revolution, the world of work has undergone a seismic shift. Chronic stress, burnout, and employ...

Ximena Vengoechea is a user researcher, writer, and illustrator, and the creator of The Life Audit. She is the author of several nonfiction books and journals, including the new book, The Life Audit: A Step-By-Step Guide to Discovering Your Goals and Building the Life You Want and companion The Life Audit Journal (forthcoming). Her previous books include Rest Easy: Discover Calm and Abundance thro...

Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi are leading gender experts and Harvard researchers. Their work centers on data-driven evidence to create accessible strategies to bridge the gender gap at work and create environments based on fairness. What makes Iris and Siri's work different is that they focus on changing behaviors around equality, not attitudes. As they show, this helps us move from virtuous intent...

LAURA NGUYEN  is an experienced marketing executive and entrepreneur with an extensive background in data-driven marketing, digital marketing, and communications for Fortune 500 companies. She is the founder of Solle Solutions, a marketing consultancy. Laura is also a certified executive coach, helping mid-career, high-achieving leaders go from burned out to balanced through her coaching program a...