Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D.
Practical Wisdom for Leaders is your fast-paced, forward-thinking guide to leadership. Join host Scott J. Allen as he engages with remarkable guests—from former world leaders and nonprofit innovators to renowned professors, CEOs, and authors. Each episode offers timely insights and actionable tips designed to help you lead with impact, grow personally and professionally, and make a meaningful difference in your corner of the world.
Episodes
278 episodes
Leadership in Ukraine: Studies During Wartime with Dr. Alexander Negrov and Dr. Ron Riggio
Alexander Negrow, Ph.D., is a theologian and leadership researcher with over thirty years of teaching and leadership experience. As the founder and President of Hodos Institute, he leads effort...
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Episode 278
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35:37
Clarity: Business Wisdom to Work Less and Achieve More with Jim Vaselopoulos
Jim Vaselopulos is a C-level business advisor and executive coach with a proven record as a leader, strategist, rainmaker, and expert in new business development. With his principled lea...
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Episode 277
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42:30
Why Middle Management Really Matters with Jeff Sigel
Jeff Sigel is an author, coach, and consultant who is passionate about creating better work environments and more fulfilling careers for middle managers everywhere. After over 20 years of co...
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Episode 276
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38:53
Learning in Public: How a Leadership Podcast Changed My World with Dr. Scott J. Allen
Scott J. Allen, Ph.D., is an award-winning educator passionate about working with people at all levels and across industries. He serves as an instructor in SMU’s Cox School of Business Ex...
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Episode 275
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36:39
Fostering Innovation: Creative Problem Solving with Dr. Amy Climer
Dr. Amy Climer is a thought leader in innovation, team development, and experiential learning. She teaches research-based practices, tools, and techniques to forward-thinking organizations such as the ...
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Episode 274
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34:25
Sustainable Success: The Long Game for Work, Family, and Beyond with Jon Acuff
Jon Acuff is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including his most recent, All It Takes Is a Goal: The 3-Step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap Into Your Massive Potential.Published ...
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Episode 273
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48:24
Lead Like a Futurist: Navigating Change and Designing the Future with Cecily Sommers
Cecily Sommers helps leaders anticipate and steward transformational change. Named one of the world’s "50 Leading Female Futurists" by Forbes, Cecily embeds foresight in leadership develo...
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Episode 272
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38:57
Mastering Your Awareness Quotient: Leading in Complex Environments with Brian Cunningham
On his journey from a Parking Lot Attendant to CEO, Brian Cunningham has studied the leadership/followership dynamic at every level within a complex organization. As a life-lo...
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Episode 271
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37:21
Leadership in Conflict: Insights from Northern Ireland with Dr. Joanne Murphy
Dr. Joanne Murphy is Chair of Inclusive Leadership at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. Her research explores leadership, change and organisational developme...
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Episode 270
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32:55
Crafting a ‘Yes/And’ Mindset: A Formula for Collaboration & Creativity with Bob Kulhan
Bob Kulhan is a professor at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business and an elite improv and sketch comedian. Bob is the Founder & CEO of Business Improv® – a 25-yr-old cons...
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Episode 269
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37:37
Staying Relevant in Rapid Change: The Future of Building with Anthony Amunategui
Anthony Amunategui is the founder of CDO Group, a national commercial construction firm he started almost 25 years ago with a small group in his bas...
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Episode 268
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35:07
Personal Growth as a Catalyst for Leadership with Todd Bertsch
Todd Bertsch is a dynamic entrepreneur, speaker, and life-optimization coach, best known as the host of The BOLT Podcast. His inspiring journey from o...
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Episode 267
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45:34
Dr. Flo Falayi - Leadership Redefined: Balancing Performance and Transformation
Dr. Flo Falayi, a Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry, leads leadership and executive development within the Advisory practice, CEO/C-Suite Accelerator, and Succession team. He focuses on executive development, coaching, team effectiveness, and...
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Episode 266
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35:19
Dr. Mary Crossan and Corey Crossan - Building Better Leaders: How Character Outshines Competence
Corey Crossan is a research and teaching fellow at The Oxford Character Project where she develops and facilitates character development programs ...
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Episode 265
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39:03
Jeffrey Beeson - Network Leadership: A New Paradigm
Jeffrey Beeson has a dual MBA in finance from the Wharton School of Business and an MA in international business from the Lauder Institute. They set the foundation for Jeffrey's interest ...
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Episode 264
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35:52
Ira Chaleff - The Power of Political Followers to Make Good Leaders and Brake Bad Ones
Ira Chaleff is an author, speaker, and executive coach in the greater Washington, DC, area. His extensive experience with the US federal government includes directing and chairing the nonpartisan Cong...
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Episode 263
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43:26
Zuzana Čmelíková - Leadership in Slovakia
Zuzana Čmelíková has been teaching and coaching for more than 20 years, especially in the diagnosis and creation of organizational culture, leadership development, self-manage...
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Episode 262
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40:30
Neal Foard - Shining a Light
Neal Foard has spent 30 years in advertising and marketing, creating award-winning campaigns for global power brands like Budweiser, Sony and Lexus. For his work on Toyota, Neal ranked among...
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Episode 261
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41:30
Josh Lindblom - Those Values Are Living and Breathing
After a life of playing professional baseball, Josh Lindblom quickly realized he had nothing on his resume between "player here" and "player there." He felt a deep longing to di...
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Episode 260
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41:42
Carey Jaros - Providing Safe Sustainable Solutions
Carey Jaros brings passion for our Purpose — Saving Lives and Making Life Better Through Well-Being Solutions — to her daily work at GOJO (the makers of Pu...
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Episode 259
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36:51
Dr. Ralph Gigliotti - Post-Crisis Leadership
Ralph A. Gigliotti, Ph.D., serves as Assistant Vice President for Organizational Leadership in University Academic Affairs at Rutgers University. In this role, he directs the O...
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Episode 258
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39:08
GC Myers - You've Got To Be a Full Person
GC Myers is a contemporary painter from the Finger Lakes region of New York. He came to painting in mid-life and quite by accident, as a result of an accident that occurred while buil...
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Episode 257
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36:05
Marianne Crosley - Transforming Communities
Marianne Crosley retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cleveland Leadership Center after leading the civic education leadership development and civic engagem...
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Episode 256
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43:03