Deep Leadership

Today I’m joined by Dr. Mike Simpson. Mike served over 30 years in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Green Beret, and a doctor of emergency medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command. Mike was still running missions in Afghanistan with U.S. Special Forces when he was 48 years old. He now uses his extensive knowledge of training and medicine to help men over 40 achieve peak physi...

Today I’m joined by Neel Parekh. Neel is the Founder & CEO of MaidThis, a local cleaning company in California which helps homeowners and short-term rental hosts with their cleaning needs. What’s interesting is that he built this local business from the ground up remotely – in other words – completely on-line as he travelled in South America. You know I like to talk about “leaders being present” b...

Today I’m joined by Alan Beal. Alan is the Chief Executive Officer at ARMED FORCES BREWING COMPANY. ARMED FORCES BREWING is essentially the Joint Base Command center for 3 beer brands that tribute the military service branches: Soldier Brewery, Airmen Brewery, and Seawolf Brewery. He is a 35 year veteran of the food and beverage industry with a passion for beer and the military. He is building thi...

Today my guest is Andrew Ryder. Andrew is executive coach who helps entrepreneurs become more authentic and vulnerable. This is an interesting topic for leaders. As leaders, we’re supposed to be strong, right? So what’s up with all this vulnerability stuff?? Well, vulnerability doesn’t mean being weak. It’s all about letting your guard down, being genuine, and avoiding the pretense that you know e...

The title of this podcast might be confusing. If you’ve followed this podcast for a while, you know I talk a lot about treating employees with respect. You might be thinking, how is stressing out your people respectful? Well – it’s all about growth. You’ve probably heard the phrase “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” This episode talks about the importance of challenging employee...

Today, we’re going to talk about breaking down walls between groups of employees. If you’ve worked in any large company you know there is typically an “us and them” attitude between groups of employees. Whether it’s management and employees, or white-collar and blue-collar, or marketing and engineering, there is often animosity between departments. And it can be severe at times. I ran into this pr...

Today we are going to talking about excellence. What is it? Well, you know it when you see it. Like a quarterback posting a picture of himself on social media wearing the 7 super bowl rings he has earned throughout in his career. Yes, we’re talking about Tom Brady but this episode isn’t about him, it’s about what people like him do to an organization. What do I mean by that? Tune in and about to f...

Today we are going to talking about a leadership gift. No, it’s not a cheap trinket with your company logo on it. It’s a gift that leaders can give their people to help them become a better version of themselves. It’s the Gift of a Challenge. For those that have read my first book, you might recognize the concept of leadership gifts. I have a whole chapter on the intangible gifts that leaders give...

Today I’m joined by Gabrielle Dolan. Gabrielle is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, educator, and bestselling author. She is a storytelling expert. She knows that a well-crafted business story can boost a brand strategy and allow leaders to better engage employees and customers. She has a new book out called Magnetic Stories: Connect with Customers and Engage Employees with Brand Storytelling...

Today I’m joined by Colin Hunter. Colin is the CEO of PotentialSquared, an international firm that specializes in creating playgrounds to disrupt the way people are led. He is the author of new book coming out later this year called Be More Wrong: How Failure Makes You an Outstanding Leader. The power of controlled failure was an important lesson I learned as a young submarine officer and I’m real...

Today my guest is Dr. Bill Berman. Bill is licensed, board-certified psychologist and CEO of Berman Leadership Development. He’s also the co-author of a new leadership book called Influence and Impact. In this episode, Bill and I talk about the importance of influence in the role of a leader. This is an episode that will make you think differently about your role as a leader in your organization· ...

Today my guest is Dave McKeown. Dave is a bestselling author of a new book, The Self-evolved Leader. He's also the founder of Outfield Leadership. He helps leaders and organization step outside the busyness of day-to-day operations to focus on accomplishing big things. Leading is difficult and we often find ourselves working on what’s urgent and not what’s important. There is a difference and Dave...

Today I’m joined by Kevin McCarney. Kevin is the founder of a popular group of restaurants in California called Poquito Mas which he has led since 1984. He is a successful entrepreneur, speaker, and now author. He has written a new book called Big Brain Little Brain: How to Control Which One Speaks for You where he helps readers become better communicators by getting control over their tone and wo...

Today my guest is Sunny Bonnell. Sunny is the co-author of a book called Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different which has been called "a brazen rant" by Seth Godin. This is an unconventional business book that explores seven so-called "vices" that society deems as counterintuitive to your success and reframes them as virtues. This is a new kind of leadership think...

Today I’m joined by Mitchell Boling. Mitch is a retired Air Force Senior Master Sergeant who spent 25 years leading the men and women who maintain the world’s most sophisticated fighter jets. He is the author of one of my favorite leadership books, “Leadership: A View from the Middle” where talks about the importance of leading in the middle of an organization. He has followed that up with a new b...

A few weeks ago, I was on the Coach Bru podcast talking about my new book. I loved the interview so much, I thought I would share it with all my listeners. You might remember Coach Bru. He has a been a guest on this podcast before. He is a former college lacrosse coach and an award-winning author of 13 books on leadership performance. He’s also my co-host on the X-Factor podcast. This was a fun in...

Today I’m joined by Jared Graybeal. Jared is a NASM-certified personal trainer, fitness nutrition specialist, behavioral change specialist, CrossFit Level 2 trainer, and corrective exercise specialist. He’s also the founder of two companies Superfit Foods, a healthy, subscription based, meal prep company and E3, a business consulting and marketing agency. He is the author of a new book called The...

Today I’m joined by David Wheatley. David is a leadership coach, facilitator, trainer and principle of Humanergy, a boutique leadership development company. He is co-author of the new book What Great Teams Do Great: How Ordinary People Accomplish the Extraordinary. This book helps leaders activate the power of choice and establish the right team processes that create excitement, shared mission, tr...

Today I’m joined by Dr. Jeffrey Hull. Jeffrey is Director of Education & Business Development at the Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate. He is also a clinical instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School and an adjunct professor of leadership at New York University. Jeffrey is an author, educator and consultant with over twenty years of experience coac...

Today my guest is Karin Reed. Karin is an Emmy-award winning on-camera communications expert. She is the CEO of Speaker Dynamics where she helps business professionals learn how to be effective on-camera communicators - especially with remote meetings and presentations. Her new book Suddenly Virtual: Making Remote Meetings Work is the definitive guide for businesses looking to make their meetings...

Today my guest is Marney Andes. Marney is an author, consultant, educator, and entrepreneur. She was a college basketball player and former Mrs. America. She credits her success from the lessons she learned from her father growing up on a farm in Nebraska. She has a new book out called Start with the Give-Me Shots in which she share 8 lessons from her childhood that helped her succeed. She also he...

Today I’m joined by Dr. Holly Sullenger. Holly is an award winning speaker, corporate trainer, and leadership consultant here in the Raleigh, NC area. She helps companies get the most from their teams through speaking, training, and workshops. She recently wrote about a subject that I think is critical for all leaders. This topic is Creating Your Own Internal Board of Directors. I’ve learned in my...

Today I’m joined by Jawad Ahsan. Jawad is the CFO of Axon, the global leader of connected public safety technologies like tasers and body cameras. He is the author of a new book called What They Didn’t Tell Me where he draws upon his own personal experience to help people better manage their careers. This book helps people get past the things that get them stuck in their careers. In this book he t...

This is the week my new book comes out. It’s called All in the Same Boat - Lead Your Organization Like a Nuclear Submariner and pre-orders open on March 15th. It will only be available on my website jonsrennie.com or allinthesameboatbook.com. I spent more than two years writing this book which contains stories of my time serving in the Navy as a submarine officer and how those experiences helped m...

Today my guests are Lou Everett and Sherri McManus. They are the founders of the Lou Everett Group based right here in Raleigh, NC. Their expertise is leadership and leadership training. They are on the same mission I am – to build a world with better bosses. They are known for their highly effective coaching, teaching, and speaking on the topic of leadership. They strongly believe that personal g...