Episodes
Oct. 15, 2024
28 - Bridgett Burrick Brown: Vajeans
Bridgett Burrick Brown, CEO and founder of the Beyond Beauty Project, offers keynotes, workshops, and coaching for all ages empowering individuals to embrace their self-worth beyond societal expectations.
Oct. 8, 2024
27 - Ted Giovanis: The Mentor
Ted Giovanis is President and founder of the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy that conducts research in the health policy and clinical arenas. He was previously President of T. Giovanis & Company,…
Oct. 1, 2024
26 - Matt Phillips: Saying What Everyone Is Thinking
Matt Phillips is a leading expert on accelerating innovation. For over 20 years, Matt has been an in-demand advisor to the Fortune 500, large nonprofits and rapidly growing mid-sized companies. As the founder of Phillips & C…
Sept. 24, 2024
26 - Best of Humor in the C-Suite: Todd Hirsch, Danny Goldberg, Allen Grinberg, Amer Kaissi, Brittanny Kreutzer
In this "best of" episode, we explore the power of humor in leadership through highlights from five insightful guests: Todd Hirsch, Danny Goldberg, Allen Grinberg, Amer Kaissi, and Brittanny Kreutzer. Discover how each leade…
Sept. 17, 2024
26 - Best of Humor in the C-Suite: Insights from Oskhar Pineda, Lydia Sullivan, and Josh Linkner
In this special "best of" series, we're highlighting three incredible leaders who have mastered the art of using humor to inspire, connect, and lead their teams to success.
Oskhar Pineda shares how lightening up and incorpo…
Sept. 10, 2024
25 - Erin Hatzikostas: Authentic
Erin Hatzikostas is a former Corporate CEO turned Professional Pot-Stirrer.
Erin is an internationally-recognized leader on the impact of authenticity in the workplace. She is the founder of b Authentic inc, where she’s le…
Sept. 3, 2024
24 - Richard Leest: The 7 Disk Drives
As Director of Information Technology Services for York Region, Richard leads the planning, delivery and support of information technology for almost 4,500 employees, 300 applications and over 11,000 computers and mobile dev…
Aug. 27, 2024
23 - Judd Shaw: Freeing Yourself (And Your Workplace) From Shame
Judd Shaw is an adventurer, storyteller, and agent of change, blending his background as a lawyer and CEO of Judd Shaw Injury Law with a passion for helping others. Judd chased professional success up the "I made it Mountain…
Aug. 20, 2024
22 - Em Stroud: Spark, Laugh Think Play
Em Stroud is the Comic Coach. Who speaks on a range of subjects including how laughter and fun can impact on leadership, teams and culture. How tools and ideas from the world of Improvisation, Comedy and Clowning can impact …
Aug. 13, 2024
21 - Anne Nevel: The Squishy One
Anne is currently the Vice President of Education at the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA). In this role she is responsible for all educational activities, including Diversity Equity & Inclusion, internally and external…
Aug. 6, 2024
20 - Charlene Wheeless: I Am Now
Charlene Wheeless is a multifaceted powerhouse in the business world. She blends over 30 years of extensive experience in leadership, communications, and operations with a personal journey that exudes authenticity and resili…
July 30, 2024
19 - Lori Saitz: Gratitude and Humor
Lori Saitz is a nationally recognized stress eradication expert, award-winning author, speaker, broadcaster, trainer, writer, executive coach, and employee wellbeing consultant.
As the founder and CEO of Zen Rabbit, a for…
July 23, 2024
18 - Chris Dyer: Company Culture
Chris Dyer, a celebrated keynote speaker with over 15 years of experience, specializes in company culture and remote work. As a CEO, his leadership led his companies to be recognized as best workplaces and to feature on Inc …
July 16, 2024
17 - Allan Ebedes: Building Repour
Since 2005, Allan Ebedes has led Excellence Canada, formerly known as the National Quality Institute. Working with the Board of Directors, he is responsible for setting the strategic direction of Excellence Canada and delive…
July 9, 2024
16 - Naren Aryal: Can You Judge A Book By Its Cover?
As CEO of Amplify Publishing Group, Naren advises industry experts and thought leaders on the opportunities and challenges that exist in the ever-evolving world of publishing. Naren’s visionary leadership has spearheaded a c…
July 2, 2024
15 - Matt Verlaque: Humor Around One’s Own Stories
After spending a decade in the fire department, Matt founded UpLaunch in 2016 and was the CEO through its successful acquisition in 2020. After his exit, he partnered with Dan Martell as the COO of SaaS Academy, the largest …
June 25, 2024
14 - Dan MacQueen: Baby Steps
Dan was a healthy, active 28-year-old who suddenly suffered from severe headaches. After an optometrist’s appointment to find the cause was cut short, he was handed a sealed envelope and told to go directly to hospital. What…
June 18, 2024
13 - Jack P. Flaherty: Bingo!
Jack P. Flaherty is a former executive officer, strategic advisor, and Big 4 risk management consultant. Crediting his success to the confident and decisive teams he had built over a twenty-plus-year career, Jack now is a pa…
June 11, 2024
12 - Lydia Sullivan: You Gotta Play to Win
I’m Lydia Sullivan, VP of Operations at the Society for Information Management (SIM). I help thousands of leading technology executives stay connected, build community, and grow together. I’ve been a certified Association Ex…
June 4, 2024
11 - Brittanny Kreutzer: Anything In My Teeth?
Brittanny Kreutzer is the co-founder of The Speaker Exchange Agency, an organization which helps connect events to public speakers and vice-versa. A graduate of the University of Kansas, Brittanny has an immense passion for …
May 28, 2024
10 - Amer Kaissi: Laughter Is The Best Medicine
Amer Kaissi is an-award winning Professor of Healthcare Administration at Trinity University in Texas. He teaches Leadership and Public Speaking. He is also an executive coach and author. His first book “Intangibles: The Une…
May 21, 2024
9 - Mark Gasparotto: Humor is a Coping Mechanism.
Mark Gasparotto is leadership development professional, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and decorated combat-veteran — is a man for all seasons, combining theory with practice, art with science, and experimentation with refle…
May 14, 2024
8 - Svetlana Ratnikova - Positive Attitude is everything
Svetlana Ratnikova brings a wealth of national and international experience to the companies she is a part of — from entrepreneurial, corporate, recruiting and marketing. With a record of starting and transforming organizati…
May 7, 2024
7 - Josh Linkner: The Disarming Effect of Humor
Josh Linkner is a Creative Troublemaker. He has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million. He’s an internationally recognized expert on innovation and is the author…