The Leadx Leadership Show With Kevin Kruse

Eliza Wicher is an organizational psychologist and Global Head of Talent Development at Groupon. In this episode she describes how Groupon develops and supports leaders throughout the organization.

Hassan Osman is a Program Management Office (PMO) Director at Cisco Systems* where he leads global virtual teams on delivering large and complex programs. He is the author of several Amazon Bestselling books, including “Influencing Virtual Teams” and “Don’t Reply All.”

Mairi McHaffie is a Personal Impact Expert and CEO of Scene Change Creative Consultants Ltd, global providers of bespoke people development initiatives across the sectors. Founder of the UK Houses of Parliament cross-sector Mentoring Programme, Storytelling Expert for the European Women In Leadership Programme at Coca Cola and founder if the Graduate Professional Consultant Programme for Oracle. Mairi specializes in face to face and online coaching sessions on Communication Skills, Resilience, Confidence and Body Language, Impact and Influencing, Presentation Skills, Coaching, Managing People Through Change, and more.

Jim McKelvey cofounded Square and was chairman of its board until 2010. His book, The Innovation Stack, is an irreverent first-person look at entrepreneurship and how great companies build a cascade of interlocking solutions that create a massive advantage.

Stephen Drum is a combat-tested retired Navy SEAL Master Chief who has 27 years of experience leading and developing high-performance teams, including teams involved in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He recently co-developed and taught “Warrior Toughness” training for The U.S. Navy which changed how the Navy prepares young sailors and officers for the acute stress of intense combat. https://stephendrum.com/

Bruce Daisley is the VP of Twitter Europe and host of the top business podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat. In his new book of the same name, he shares 30 hacks to recharge, makes teams closer, and to energize the workplace.

Stewart Friedman is Practice Professor Emeritus of Management at the Wharton School. He has been recognized as one of the world's top business thinkers by Thinkers50. His new book, Parents Who Lead, teaches us how to design a future based on core values, engage with kids in meaningful ways, and experiment to discover better ways to live and work.

Over the course of his 20+ year career, Alain Hunkins has worked with tens of thousands of leaders in over 25 countries. In Cracking the Leadership Code, Hunkins provides exercises and tactics to excel at the 3 C's: Connection, Communication, and Collaboration.

Doug Conant is the former CEO of Campbell Soup Company and New York Times bestselling author of Touchpoints. In his new book, The Blueprint, Conant offers a practical manual to lift your leadership level to new heights.

Maura Nevel Thomas is an award-winning international speaker and trainer on individual and corporate productivity and work-life balance, and the most widely-cited authority on attention management. Her proprietary Empowered ProductivityTM System has been embraced by the likes of the U.S. Army, L’Oreal, and Dell. She is a TEDx Speaker, founder of Regain Your Time, author of three books, and was named a Top Leadership Speaker for 2018 in Inc. Magazine. Maura is frequently cited as an expert in major business outlets including Forbes, Fast Company, and Huffington Post, and she’s also a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, with articles there viewed over a million times.

Robb Holman is an internationally recognized leadership expert, executive coach, keynote speaker, podcast co-host, and best-selling author who has a heart for authentic relationships and a true talent for equipping people with the skills and knowledge necessary for their success.

With over 10 years in Learning & Development spanning numerous industries, Chris Cassarino is Founder and Managing Director of Starling North a boutique management consultancy helping leaders create team alignment and find their true north.

Nick Gianoulis founded the fun dept. after experiencing firsthand the enhanced culture and business results of fun during his 20-year corporate management tenure with a company that embraced a “work hard, play hard” culture. as the resident “godfather of fun,” Nick oversees creative development and strategic growth of the company while keeping an active schedule of keynotes and media appearances.

Jen Shirkani is a nationally recognized expert on emotional intelligence and a featured speaker at national and state conferences, universities, government agencies & at business organizations around the world. She is the author of Ego vs. EQ: How Top Leaders Beat 8 Ego Traps With Emotional Intelligence.

Marlene Chism is a consultant, international speaker and the author of Stop Workplace Drama. Visit her at MarleneChism.com and StopWorkplaceDrama.com.

As one of the first marketers to work with startups like Facebook in 2005, Chris Tuff has built his career surrounded by Millennials while becoming one of the sought out leaders in the digital marketing space. He’s a partner at the advertising agency 22squared in Atlanta, GA where he successfully attracts, motivates and whispers to Millennials every day. When Chris isn’t working he kiteboards, mountain bikes, runs, and spends quality time with his wife and two daughters.

Susan Fowler has shared her message on optimal motivation, self leadership, and thriving together in all 50 states and over 40 countries. With her latest book, Master Your Motivation: Three Scientific Truths for Achieving Your Goals, Susan is on a mission to help individuals master their own motivation, achieve their goals, and flourish as they succeed. Widely known as one of the foremost experts on motivation and personal empowerment, Susan gained her knowledge through extensive experience in business, advertising, sales, production, marketing, executive and life-style coaching, and leadership training.

Ed Morrison directs the Agile Strategy Lab at Purdue University. Ed has been developing a new approach to strategy for complex collaboration in open, loosely connected networks. Called "Strategic Doing", this methodology emphasizes the strategic value of collaboration in today's global economy. He is the founder of the Strategic Doing Institute (http://strategicdoing.net) which provides a platform that colleges and universities can use to share and expand the Strategic Doing discipline globally. For over twenty-five years, he conducted strategy projects throughout the U.S. His work won the first Arthur D. Little Award for excellence in economic development presented by the American Economic Development Council.

Gabriel Weinberg is the CEO & Founder of DuckDuckGo, the Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs. Since 2008, Weinberg has grown DuckDuckGo from a self-funded operation out of his dusty basement into a business with over $25 million in revenue and 50 employees across multiple continents. Weinberg is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded other Internet-related companies; he is also an active angel investor. He is the author of Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models.

Liane Davey is a New York Times Bestselling author of You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done. She is also a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and has been sought by several media outlets, including CNN, NPR, USA Today, The Globe & Mail and Forbes, for her expertise on increasing productivity, enhancing engagement, developing leaders, and as one client put it, “dealing with the damn drama!” She is the author of The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track.