David Gray is the CEO of FedUp Foods, a values-driven beverage company serving major retailers. His purpose-driven leadership has earned national recognition, including being named one of the MO 100 Top Impact CEOs, an annual ranking of purpose-driven business leaders, and receiving the Pros to Know Award. David believes the best leaders never force a…
TLP519: The Leadership Idea We Missed for 250 Years
Patrick Ryan is the author of “The Moral Market: Adam Smith and the Promise of Virtuous Capitalism.” Patrick argues that capitalism was never intended to be separated from morality. Modern business leaders often treat ethics as a compliance issue or a reputational concern. Adam Smith saw it differently. He believed markets only function when they…
TLP518: The Bravery Effect: Jill Schulman on Why Courage Is a Skill, Not a Trait
Jill Schulman is a keynote speaker, Marine Corps veteran, and bestselling author of “The Bravery Effect: A Parable Teaching the Science of Conquering Fear, Achieving More, and Living Life to the Fullest.”. Jill argues that bravery is not a personality trait. It’s a skill. Most people assume brave people are simply wired differently. The research…
TLP517: The Accountability Gap: Why Leaders Misjudge Their Own Impact with Jim Brown
Jim Brown is the author of “The Imperfect CEO: Making the Climb to Organizational Health” and founder of Org Health. For over 30 years he has worked with CEOs, boards, and executive teams to build healthy organizational cultures and lead with clarity, courage, and shared responsibility. Jim argues that leadership accountability is the most underestimated…
TLP511: What 500 Top Leaders Taught Us — And Why It’s Not What You Think
What happens when you spend 10 years interviewing some of the world’s top leaders? After 500 interviews with CEOs, generals, founders, bestselling authors, athletes, and elite performers, Jim Vaselopulos and Jan Rutherford discovered a surprising pattern. The most successful leaders were NOT the most polished, they were the most self-aware, adaptable, and relentlessly committed to…
TLP510: Why Your Organization Keeps Getting the Same Results (No Matter What You Change)
TLP510: Why Your Organization Keeps Getting the Same Results (No Matter What You Change)
Maria Brinck is the Founder & President of Zynergy International and author of “The Leadership We Need: A New Mindset for a Brighter Future.”
In this episode, Maria argues that the leadership crisis most organizations face isn’t a skills gap — it’s a flawed model. The qualities we’ve long rewarded in leaders — confidence, decisiveness, and control — were effective in a different era. But in today’s environment, those same traits can actually become liabilities.
She challenges leaders to examine what they have never been asked to question: the unconscious bias shaping who gets selected, who gets developed, and whose voice gets heard.
She also makes the case that the most important thing a leader can unlearn is the need to have all the answers, because that single habit is what keeps collaboration from ever becoming real.
If you have ever wondered why your organization keeps producing the same results no matter how much it changes, this episode is worth your time.
TLP509: Capitalism Without Ethics Is Just Chaos
TLP509: Capitalism Without Ethics Is Just Chaos
Dr. Bill Kline is a professor of business ethics and the Executive Director of the Academy on Capitalism. He argues that capitalism and ethics aren’t separate conversations. They’re the same system.
Without ethics, there are no property rights, no enforceable contracts, and no functioning markets. Strip that away and you don’t get capitalism. You get chaos with a price tag.
In this conversation, Bill discusses the difference between socialism’s ideals and capitalism’s outcomes. He also breaks down what leaders must do to rebuild trust with younger workers, and why one simple question keeps getting ignored: Do we actually understand what capitalism is?
If your organization is struggling to articulate why business and markets matter or you’re watching younger talent disengage from the mission, this episode gives you a clearer way to think about what’s really at stake.
TLP508: Your Scars Are Your Resume
Matt Cavanaugh is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, PhD, former Army Athlete of the Year, and author of “Best Scar Wins: How You Can Be More Than You Were Before.” Leaders often treat failures, setbacks, and scars as liabilities to hide. Matt Cavanaugh argues the opposite — that the scars you’ve earned, physical and…
TLP507: Disrupt or Be Buried: The Mindset That Changes Everything
Patrick Leddin is an army veteran, entrepreneur, and NYT and WSJ Bestselling Author. He is the co-author, with James Patterson, of “Disrupt Everything—and Win: Take Control of Your Future.” Most leaders treat disruption as something to survive. Patrick argues that’s exactly the wrong frame. The gap between leaders who thrive in uncertainty and those who…
TLP506: Retention Is Dead: The Workquake Reshaping Talent
TLP506: Retention Is Dead: The Workquake Reshaping Talent
Steve Cadigan is a global talent strategist, author of “Workquake: Embracing the Aftershocks of COVID-19 to Create a Better Model of Working,” and LinkedIn’s founding Chief HR Officer.
Steve believes the world of work is going through a “workquake” — a fundamental shift that’s breaking the old employer-employee contract. At the core of it is a false premise: the idea of long-term loyalty that neither side can reliably keep.
In this conversation, Steve explains why many of the world’s most successful companies have surprisingly short employee tenure, why the workforce isn’t disloyal but loyal to growth, and why leaders should focus less on retention and more on creating meaningful development while people are with them.
For leaders navigating turnover and rapid change, this episode offers a more honest way to think about talent and what it actually takes to build teams that perform.
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