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Guest: Beena Sharma

Beena will talk about Leadership Maturity, what it means, and why it is important for leaders and managers to understand the different stages of maturity. ‘Vertical Development’ or leadership maturity is becoming a hot topic. If you listened to our first show – Leadership 2050 – vertical development was a key theme underlying the concept of Strategist Leadership development. She talks about leadership development programs and gives practical guidelines for leaders looking to develop vertically. Listen to the conversation centered around these questions: 1.Many leaders have worked very effectively in the past so they aren’t really sure if vertical development is important for their long term success. Can you explain this framework a bit more? 2. What is the value in understanding and using the frameworks that underlie this work? 3. What can I do to develop vertically? Beena shares the framework and her stories to make this rich and valuable framework practical.

Guest: Dr. Robin Lincoln Wood

Earth’s 7.3 billion citizens are currently consuming 1.6 planet’s worth of resources, thereby guaranteeing runaway global warming, climate change and suffering for billions in the next few decades. Such a wicked problem needs a whole new kind of leadership, capable of thinking and acting on a planetary scale while maintaining local viability. Now Imagine … a world powered by renewable energy, where all human beings thrive in resilient habitats; where businesses operate in a circular economy that regenerates natural capital, without a particle of waste, and are led by enlightened leaders whose goal is to maximize the ThriveAbility of all their stakeholders. Robin and his organization have framed six desiderata by which we can measure the endpoint of the ThriveAbility Journey toward a regenerative, inclusive economy. Six desiderate will be on www.metcalf-associates.com/blog

Guest: Dr. Robin Lincoln Wood

In this show we cover a broad range of topics on leadership, defining strategy is certainly among the most important. It is the combination of creating a strong strategic plan and successfully implementing it that differentiates a company’s success. If either of these elements is missing, the strategy project is unsuccessful. Rattan differentiates himself in working with clients to define and ensure successful implementation of organization differentiating strategies. Today he will share what he does that allows his clients to thrive short and long term.

Guest: Dr. Robin Lincoln Wood

The gap is widening between what needs to be done to enable 9 billion people to thrive on Earth by 2050, and the current business as usual outcomes we are generating. Closing this gap will make the difference between a thriving human civilisation on a thriving planet by the end of this century and the end of human civilisation as we know it. Business, governments and civil society all have a key role to play in closing this thrival/survival gap. During this conversation Robin discusses 1. The 6 capitals equation – this is the new normal for leading thinkers for governance. 2. How we are going to make this happen? 3. What does regenerative and inclusive look like to different people at different stages of development in different cultures? 4. How fast we are going to make this happen, and will that be in time? 5. What type of leadership is required to make it happen? Robin is a fast paced speaker whose show provides insight and thought provoking call to action!

Guest: Kathleen Bergen

Many organizations are facing complex large scale change initiatives. We have talked about innovation, agile organizations, the future of the organization and future trends. Kathleen Bergen shares her experience leading large projects and give practical insight. She will answer the question – what do I need to know before I start a project that will increase my likelihood of success during the project and sustaining the progress we made after implementation. Here are the main conversation topics: 1) What are the top 5 drivers of successful implantation 2) What causes failure – explain the top 5 barriers to success 3) What do you wish clients knew and understood at the outset? 4) If you could hand out a magic pill that made sure they understood two key points – what would those be? 5) What needs to happen to support value realization after project completion? 6) If you were to share 1 success and 1 failure – what would you want others to learn from your successes and struggles?

Guest: Dan Mushalko

James Brenza interviews Maureen Metcalf and Dan Mushalko about the interplay between leadership and transformation. Dan will share his experience in leading the transformation of a public radio station. They will talk about: 1. How do you connect transformation and leadership to create successful results? 2. Qualities required to successfully implement transformation 3. How does leadership drive transformation success? 4. How do you develop leaders to meet transformation objectives? Maureen shares the concepts and Dan illustrates them with his experience.

Guests: Christopher Cooke & Sheila Cooke

Christopher and Sheila Cooke share an overarching purpose — “one viable planet”. They are focused on the release of latent capacities that equip humanity to cope with complexity and forge a world that works for all life. Together they lead 5 Deep, a specialist training and advisory company that is focused on igniting the new era through Thought Leadership, Innovation and Change. 5 Deep offers a principle-based approach that is outlined scientifically and validated through repeatable experience, with a focus on change management through leadership development, process optimization, and cultural facilitation, including the provision of supporting training and organizational development. 1. Why does the topic matter? Leadership and business effects everything. Our history, our future our lives. 2. What do we do? Seek out underutilized capacities in population today and grow those that can join on the mission 4. How do we do it? Create life conditions for people to thrive.

Guest: Angelo Mazzocco

“I selected Angelo because he has the rare distinction of being both CEO and CIO so he has a perspective on leadership from both roles. He is also a true thought leader in our community. He has been a university adjunct faculty and facilitates a large CIO forum and CIO Tomorrow conference. He is the “go to guy” for many leaders in our community and beyond.

Angelo talks about his keys to success. He shares his insights and growth path very candidly. He talks about his fears and motivations for growth in a manner executives rarely share.

1. What differentiates you from the other successful CIOs? 2. What experiences did you have in life and how did you navigate them to position yourself for leadership success? 3. You were a highly successful CEO of a tech company then you moved back to being a CIO – why the shift when the company was posting record growth and profits? 4. What advice do you give young leaders as they manage their careers?”

Guest: Michael Sayre

“Mike talks about his keys to success and about his current company, NexDefense. In an environment where cyber security is a hot topic, Mike’s company is positioned to help resolve one of their biggest risk elements. Mike will share his insights about being an executive and growing NexDefense.
I selected Mike as my guest today because he has been a role model for me for many years. He consistently demonstrates a high degree of emotional intelligence combined with a level of analytical rigor that makes him unique in my experience in growing and turning companies around. 1. What is NexDefense and what needs does it fill/problems does it solve in the marketplace? 2. What attracted you to this company? 3. You have been CEO and/or President of multiple companies that you have led through major transformations – what would you want to share with our leaders about your most valuable lessons in this process? 4. What is the culture and how does that contribute to success?”

Guests: Brian Ahearn & John Petrucci

Brian will kick off the tool series talking about using liking and reciprocity as key elements in the larger field of persuasion. Brian shares his experience with multiple clients using the Cialdini method. He talks about reciprocity as a concept then provides rich examples to illustrate reciprocity and make it practical for leaders to apply.

Brian will answer the following questions: 1. In leadership why are relationships so important in today’s business environment? 2. Let’s talk more about liking and reciprocity Starting with liking, how can people get others to like them more? 3. How can a leader use reciprocity to be more effective? 4. Let’s talk about how a leader can engage reciprocity further. Can you share some examples? 5. When it comes to liking some leaders believe it’s not their job to be liked, just to produce results. Why would someone with that attitude want to engage liking?