“Courage to Leap & Lead” As an executive, having the courage to make difficult decisions and take calculated risks can be crucial to the success of your company. Here we explore how other leaders have faced untold challenges, and failures only to rise like the Pheonix. This knowledge is invaluable on the leadership journey. A courageous leader is not afraid to challenge the status quo, speak their truth, and take action in the face of uncertainty. This is where honest business discussions about personal experience, books, and business news impact change (https://www.courage-consulting.com)
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Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Teresa Stivers has worked in the child welfare space for nearly two decades and has served as Chief Executive Office for Walden Family Services for more than 10 years. During her tenure with the organization, Teresa has led Walden through successful accreditations from CARF, the independent agency whose evaluations of health and human services organizations is internationally recognized as the gold standard of care; twice earned Human Rights Campaign’s highest innovator seal of recognition “All Children–All Families” for providing culturally competent services for LGBTQ children/families; and expanded transitional housing services, making Walden the second-largest provider in Southern California.
Prior to Walden, Teresa was with the Child Abuse Prevention Foundation where she served as Program Director and Executive Director. Her commitment to foster children in San Diego County has helped launch and establish many signature programs, including the Guardian Scholars Program and Mary’s House, a transitional living program for former foster youth.
Teresa currently serves on the Executive Committee for the University of California, San Diego Chancellor's Community Advisory Board. Most recently she was a member of the Steering Committee of the Clinton Foundation Strong Families, Thriving Committees Task Force working to eliminate systemic racism in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice System in San Diego County.
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
The well-known Izabela Lundberg who is recognized as one of the top 50 most impactful people on LinkedIn interviews CB Bowman on her views about integrating Courage in the workplace.
CB’s keynote, "The Courage to Leap” identifies the parameters for success in leaping first then figuring out where you are going to land through “Simple Solutions to Complex Problems™”
Working with organizational leaders, and decision-makers, CB supports breakthroughs allowing for creativity to replace fear. She helps her clients master the art of growth and success through courage.
Named one of the Power List of the Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership in 2022 by Leadershum; Top 50 coaches in the world by Thinkers50; Global Gurus also named her as one of the top 15 experts in branding and ranked by Marshall Goldsmith Top Global Coaches as the #1 coach for increasing the quality of coaching. Member MG100
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Know more about Maïna:
Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Maïna defines himself as a man of Purpose & Vision. A global African business citizen with global perspective in business and society. Maïna is a Strategic Thinker, Leader, and Advisor helping enterprises fulfill their strategic purpose through bold strategies.
He was involved in Strategic Planning in the financial services industry for 4 years and switched thereafter to the management consulting; Strategy & Management Consulting for large consulting house like Accenture which he focuses on CFO strategic engagements and in mid-sized and start-up environments. In 2021, Maïna launched the M’Poyo Consulting Group, his own strategy consulting business. He holds an Executive MBA from London Business School and Master in Business Engineering from Solvay Brussels School.
The three things that shaped Maïna as a leader: History of his country Democratic Republic of Congo and Africa, School, and Sport.
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Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
About Amii:
A former Fortune Global 50 executive, Amii Barnard-Bahn is a consultant to the C-Suite and leaders at global companies like Bank of the West, Adobe, and The Gap. Recognized by Forbes as one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives, she is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches. Amii guest lectures at Stanford and UC Berkeley is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Compliance Week, and is a Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching. The author of The Promotability Index® Guidebook, you can receive her free Promotability Index self-assessment.
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Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
About our Guest:
Layla A. Ramirez is an Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (ID&E) practitioner at Amazon Web Services (AWS), a global cloud service provider. During her tenure at AWS, Layla has built, scaled, and managed leadership development programs to address the needs of early, mid-career, and executive-level Latinx talent across the globe. Most recently her work has focused on re-imagining and transforming the onboarding and first-year experience of Black, Latinx, Native American, and Women talent globally.
Layla joined AWS after having held ID&E positions at Netflix, Danaher Corporation, and Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT). Prior to launching her career as an inclusion practitioner, Layla spent several years as an Analyst in the Global Wealth & Investment Management division at Merrill Lynch.
Layla holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Smith College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is passionate about leadership, diversity, college access, coaching and ultimately enabling others to be the best version of themselves.
Layla is based out of Brooklyn, NY, where she lives with her partner.
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Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
About our Guest:
Gina Bianchini, Founder & CEO of Mighty Networks Gina Bianchini is the CEO & founder of Mighty Networks, where creators and brands start and grow businesses powered by the community. Mighty Networks is trusted by creators from Yoga with Adriene, Wall Street Trapper, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, and Project 863 to brands like TED, Mindbody, and Fortune.
Before Mighty Networks, Gina was the first entrepreneur-in-residence at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to A16Z, she was the CEO and co-founder of Ning, a pioneering global platform for creating niche social networks she started with Marc Andreessen in 2004. Under her leadership, Ning grew to ~100 million active users across 300,000 social networks led by brands and creators across subcultures, professional networks, entertainment, politics, and education. The company was sold for $150M in 2011.
In addition to Mighty Networks, Gina serves as a board director of TEGNA (NYSE: TGNA), a $4.0 billion dollar broadcast and digital media company, and served as a board director of Scripps Networks (NASDAQ: SNI), a $14.6 billion dollar public company owner of HGTV, The Food Network, and The Travel Channel purchased by Discovery Communications in 2018.
Gina and Mighty Networks have been featured in Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Wired, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, and The New York Times. She has appeared on Charlie Rose, CNBC, and CNN. She grew up in Cupertino, California, graduated with honors from Stanford University, started her career in the nascent High Technology Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and received her M.B.A from Stanford Business School.
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Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
About our guest:
Patty is the Learning and Development Director for UVA Finance at the University of Virginia. In this role, she leads a team of trainers and provides guidance and leadership on all phases of employee development including analyzing learning needs, training content development and delivery, and evaluating the effectiveness of learning programs.
Prior to joining UVA Finance, Patty spent 12 years in Human Resources at UVA, developing and delivering leadership development programs, and managing the systems and technical training team. Patty began her career in employee development with the Federal government, serving in the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Education. Patty is a certified leadership coach, helping leaders and organizations confront and manage challenges.
For the past two years, Patty has been leading her department’s Inclusive Excellence team. The team and department leadership are in the process of implementing their plan which includes 11 goals and 33 action items to address diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Patty holds a Master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Baltimore and a BA in Government and Politics from, University of Maryland.
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Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Brenda Bence is a Certified Executive Leadership Coach, Global Certified Speaking Professional, an internationally recognized personal branding expert, and the author of several award-winning corporate and leadership branding books. With an MBA from Harvard Business School, Brenda made a name for herself when building mega brands for companies like Procter & Gamble and Bristol-Myers Squibb, where she was a senior executive responsible for billion-dollar businesses across four continents and 50 countries.
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Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Guest: Dr. Ernest Gundling & Dr. Cheryl Williams
Dr. Gundling is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Aperian Global, and has been involved with the organization since its inception in 1990. He partners with Fortune Global 100 clients to develop strategic global approaches to leadership, organization development, and relationships with key business partners.
Dr. Ernie also works with executives with global responsibilities and multicultural management teams to help them formulate business plans based upon strong mutual understanding and a joint commitment to execution. He has worked and traveled extensively in Asia, and lived for extended periods in Germany and Mexico. He formerly worked as the Director of Consulting and Organization Development at Clarke Consulting Group.
Dr. Cheryl Williams Cheryl Williams, Ph.D. is a highly regarded subject matter expert on global workforce inclusion, diversity matters, cultural competency, and leadership across boundaries. She spent over twenty-five years in leadership roles in the entertainment and high technology industries where she managed employee education and training, recruitment, staffing, internal communications, employee relations, and community relations.
Dr. Williams is a Professor at Concordia University, Irvine, California.
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Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Todd Cherches is the CEO and co-founder of BigBlueGumball, a NYC-based leadership development and executive coaching firm, as well as a three-time award-winning adjunct professor of leadership at NYU and lecturer on leadership at Columbia University.
A member of Marshall Goldsmith’s “MG 100 Coaches,” and a Founding Partner of the “Global Institute for Thought Leadership” (“GIFT”), Todd is a TEDx speaker, and the author of the groundbreaking book, VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life (Post Hill Press/Simon & Schuster; 2020).
A pioneer in the innovative application of visual thinking to the practice of leadership and coaching, Todd was named by Thinkers50 as a finalist for their 2021 “Distinguished Achievement Award” in Leadership, and is ranked #35 on the 2021 Thinkers360 “Top 50 Thought Leaders and Influencers in the field of Management.”
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