Episode 55: The Stigma of Concussions featuring Kalley Armstrong and Brendan Hynes
In this episode, you’ll hear from Kalley Armstrong, a PhD Student and a former hockey player for Harvard University and Brendan Hynes , a Canadian Army veteran, concussion advocate and entrepreneur, who will talk about their concussion stories, the stigma that comes with concussions, and how we can all help raise awareness of concussion safety and knowledge.
Episode 54: Grow Your Grit featuring Colonel David Fivecoat, US Army, Retired
Sometimes leading is about putting your head down and just.getting.it.done.
It sucks, it’s not easy, but sometimes leaders need to dig deep and get it done.
We’ve all heard the term, grit. And we’ve all heard how we need grit to help us dig deep. But how can we use grit?
In this episode, you’ll hear from David Fivecoat, an executive coach, author, entrepreneur, and US Army veteran who will talk about his experiences with grit and how emerging leaders can use grit to get.it.done.
Episode 53: Shit Happens: Learning From Mistakes featuring Fred Rutman
In this episode, you’ll hear from Fred Rutman, a former professor who is now unwillingly retired, and who has died, literally, dozens of times. Fred will be your reminder that shit happens and that it can always be worse. Fred will talk about his leadership journey and how his personal life experiences have shaped how he chooses to lead.
Episode 52: Staff Matters – Employee Focus is the Path to Success featuring Bonnie Low-Kramen
Your Staff Matter. They are important. Your staff are the sole reason you will succeed.
So how can you, as the new and amazing emerging leader that you are, ensure they feel like they matter? How can you lead everyone along the path to success?
In this episode, you’ll hear from Bonnie Low-Kramen, a TEDx speaker, author, and former celebrity assistant who will use her years of experience aiding leaders as they try to remain on their path to success. Bonnie will offer her insight into how Staff Matters and how focussing on your team members brings everyone along the path to success.
Episode 51: How to Step Outside Your Comfort Zone featuring Nicolene Elhadad
In this episode, you’ll hear from Nicolene Elhadad, a business and franchise strategist, who will describe her journey of living outside her comfort zone and how this unsettling feeling gave her power and insight to achieve her goals in a healthy manner.
Episode 50: The Science Behind Emerging Leaders featuring Annalise Schamuhn
In order for leaders to understand what defines an emerging leader, we have to understand the basic concepts of how emerging leaders come to this point in their leadership journey.
And so, in this episode, you’ll hear from Annalise Schamuhn, an executive coach and leadership consultant, where we will discuss the official definition of what an emerging leader is, and compare this definition to our own. We’ll offer our own leadership experiences from the perspective of Canadian Armed Forces Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Members. Lastly, we’ll offer advice, inspiration, and practical tools for emerging leaders to put in their leadership toolbox.
Bonus Episode: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Strength-Based Assessment Tools featuring Andrew Grunewald
In this episode, you’ll hear from Andrew Grunewald, an Executive Coach & Leadership Facilitator who will share his experiences and expertise on the assessment tools that are available to us. Andrew will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the assessment tools, providing an over-arching perspective.
Episode 49: The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Assessment Tool featuring Nicole Noel
In this episode, you’ll hear from Nicole Noel, author of The ENFP Success Guide and aspiring MBTI coach. Nicole will provide an overview of the MBTI, explaining its strengths and weaknesses, and its ability to create personal cognitive awareness.
Episode 48: The DISC Leadership Assessment Tool featuring Jennifer Bilger
In this episode, you’ll hear from Jennifer Bilger, an Author, Speaker, Certified Behavioural Consultant and Coach, who will talk about the DISC assessment tool and how we can influence our behaviours to be the best leaders we want to be.
Episode 47: Your DNA is Your Leadership Roadmap featuring Annie Bush
How often have you heard that your DNA tells your story? In this leadership assessment tool mini-series, we’ll talk about how your genetic code can complement your favourite strengths-based leadership assessment tool.
From an emerging leadership perspective, knowing your DNA provides and insight into how and why we might perceive, process, and execute challenges and opportunities.
And so, in this episode, you’ll hear from Annie Bush, a (Certified Brain Health Coach and Holistic Longevity Strategist), who will offer some insights into how our genetic make-up can help us be the strongest leaders we want to be.
Episode 46: The Enneagram Leadership Assessment - Combining Your Heart, Gut, and Mind featuring Sarah Wallace
In this episode, you’ll hear from Sarah Wallace, an Enneagram Business and Life Coach, who will offer some practical methods to help emerging leaders understand what leadership ingredients they already possess and how leaders can use this knowledge to help them along their leadership learning journey and be the best team leaders they want to be.
Episode 45: Leadership Assessment Tools - Clifton Strengths featuring Sheri Miter
In this episode, you’ll hear from Sheri Miter, a Visionary Strategist, Leader Strengths Coach and Gallup Certified Clifton Leadership Assessor, who will help emerging leaders by offering advice and tools to help answer these self-deprecating questions before the pivot arrives, giving emerging leaders the confidence to consider their next leadership opportunity with clarity and decisiveness.
Episode 44: Facilitating Your Team Discussion or Disagreement
Being the leader means you’ll have to facilitate formal team discussions, and also facilitate team disagreements.
The dynamics that come with this responsibility are too numerous to mention, but in this hyper-aware social climate we find ourselves in right now, it’s very easy to forget two basic principles: First, be kind and Second, it’s ok if we don’t agree with each other.
And so, in this episode, you’ll hear a panel conversation from a team of professionals who will discuss what can be a highly contentious and divisive topic: Faith. Specifically, we’ll talk about how faith affects, or doesn’t affect, our leadership styles.
We’ll have this talk so emerging leaders can hear, in real time, how people can have very different perspectives and still respect each other as people and professionals. You’ll be given tips and tricks to facilitate group discussions by listening and observing a group of people who barely know each, and can still respect each other’s opinions, thoughts, and beliefs.
Episode 43: Ruthless Compassion as a Kindness Leader featuring Dr. Marcia Sirota
There are many leadership principles for emerging leaders to choose from as they embark on their leadership journey. And while each of the principles has their own unique take on how to lead, there are many overlays. Such as: Be honest, be fair, be transparent, be kind.
Emerging leaders often feel overwhelmed in their new role, trying to balance the team goals, their own personal goals, the team dynamic, etc. In the midst of this balancing act, there is often team conflict, and most often, the emerging leader will be overly kind, trying to ‘kill’ the conflict with kindness.
The thing is, this tactic rarely works, and so, in this episode, you’ll hear from Dr. Marcia Sirota, a board-certified psychiatrist, author and professional speaker who will talk about Ruthless Compassion as a Kindness Leader. We’ll hear how emerging leaders can create a space where compassion and kindness are principal team attributes of cohesive and effective team.
Episode 42: Reach Your Peak Performance featuring Dr. Ruth Gotian
In this episode, you’ll hear from Dr. Ruth Gotian, author of “The Success Factor: Developing the Mindset and Skillset for Peak Business Performance.” Dr. Gotian will offer insight and perspective from high achievers such as astronauts, Olympic champions, and Nobel Laureates, using their experiences to help emerging leaders operate at their peak performance level.
Bonus Episode: Leading During a Crisis featuring Mary Martz, Chad Martz, and Annalise Schamuhn
War is stupid.
And while we all know that wars have far-reaching physical, emotional, and mental effects, it’s only until you have lived, worked, loved, fought in a war zone, can you really understand how extensive the effects of the campaign will have on yourself and everyone in the war zone.
The thing is, even without these types of experiences, leaders can, and SHOULD, be prepared to lead from the literal and figurative front lines. But how DO we do this? How CAN we lead if we don’t have the experiences?
And so, in this episode, we’ll answer these questions and more. We’ll do this by hearing from Mary Martz, a Hungry for Life International Program Manager – Ukraine region, Chad Martz, the Director of Operations at Hungry For Life International, and Annalise Schamuhn, a long-time volunteer with HFL. This trio will talk about their experiences before and during their time as they are embedded in the Ukraine war, bringing food, water, supplies, and hope, to those who are caught in the cross-fire.
Episode 41: Authentic Leadership featuring Linda Basso
In this episode, you’ll hear from Linda Basso, a business and marketing coach, who will talk about what it means to ‘be yourself’ and how to be authentic. Once we can self-accept who we are and how we lead, our teams will see and feel our authenticity, creating an even stronger bond among all of the team members.
Episode 40: Resilient Leadership:Transforming Adversity into an Opportunity featuring Mike Coyle
There is a lot of talk about what it means to be resilient and how leaders have to display a sense of resilience to achieve the desired goals.
In this episode, you’ll hear from Mike Coyle, a former Canadian Special Operations Senior Officer and Vice-President of Reticle Ventures Canada, who will explore the impact resilient leadership can have on individuals, teams, and organizations. We’ll talk about what resilience is and why it matters, particularly during these uncertain and complex times. Mike will share some important insights that will help established and emerging leaders build resilience in their organizations and transform adversity into an opportunity.
Bonus Episode: The Ukraine War – How You Can Help RIGHT NOW featuring Annalise Schamuhn and Chad Martz
Leaders talk about wanting to make real change, to help others, their organizations, or both. And this is good thing because leaders, followers, everyone in between, can and SHOULD try to make an impact, to make ourselves and those around us feel safer and happier.
The thing is, quite often, emerging leaders feel that they can’t make these changes early in their leadership journeys.
Well, there’s no way to sugar coat it, they’re wrong. We can make impactful changes right away.
And so, in this episode, you’ll hear from Chad Martz, the Director of Operations at Hungry For Life International and Annalise Schamuhn, a long time Hungry For Life International volunteer, who are both embedded in the Ukraine right now, doing their part to help those in need.
You’ll hear the ways that Hungry For Life International provides care and support, why they do this, and how we can help too. Most importantly, you’ll see, in real time, how emerging leaders can make a lifelong, lasting impact, right now.
Episode 39: The Power of Guilt
Guilt is a powerful emotion, one that sits inside us, stirring up emotions and feelings, often creating tense personal and professional situations for ourselves and our team members.
If guilt has such a strong grip on how we act, the questions then become, how can we recognize guilt? How do we live into our guilt, not allowing it to take over our lives? How can emerging leaders help their team members when they are feeling guilty?
Fear not!
In this episode, you’ll hear from a group of professionals from diverse and extensive backgrounds. You’ll hear from guests who gave it all up to follow their passions, the guilt about following their dreams, overtaking them. You’ll hear from life and leadership coaches, and how they manage the guilt of being parents while also being professionals in their fields. You’ll hear about how guilt can force us to work harder, work faster, work meaner, all to cover our own self-loathing at ourselves and our guilt.
And it’s their stories, their admissions of guilt and how they navigated through these feelings, coming out the other side, that will help emerging leaders see, understand, and work within their guilt.