You Don’t Need to Be Fixed - You Need to Remember
What if growth wasn’t about fixing your flaws, but about remembering who you already are? Andrew Moss - veteran coach, adventurer, and community-builder - invites us to rethink change. Together, we’ll explore how remembering your strengths, adaptability, and past wisdom can open up new clarity and confidence in life, work, and leadership.
So much of modern self-help and leadership training starts with the assumption that you’re broken and need fixing. Andrew Moss disagrees. With over 35 years of experience coaching Olympic athletes, social entrepreneurs, and leaders around the world, Andrew has discovered something different: the breakthroughs happen when people stop trying to repair themselves and instead remember.
Remember the times they adapted. Remember the resilience they’ve already shown. Remember that wisdom isn’t something you buy, but something you rediscover.
In this Inspiring Conversation, Andrew shares how “remembering” unlocks deeper confidence, courage, and creativity. We’ll connect his insights from the world of high-performance sport, global sailing adventures, and social impact work - and reflect on what it really takes to navigate change without losing yourself.
#YouDontNeedToBeFixed #RememberWhoYouAre #HumanCenteredLeadership #InspiringConversations #HandsonCoaching #podmatch
The Authority Reframe: How to Lead Without People-Pleasing (or Pretending to Be Someone You’re Not)
Authority doesn’t have to feel arrogant. In fact, the most respected coaches and consultants aren’t the loudest in the room – they’re the clearest. In this conversation, Chris Marr helps us untangle the myths around “being nice,” explore why people-pleasing keeps professionals stuck, and introduce a healthier model of authority – one built on honesty, boundaries, and real empathy.
We’ll also touch on the People Pleaser’s Path to Authority assessment, and how identifying your habits is the first step to reclaiming your voice. This isn’t about becoming someone else. It’s about becoming someone your clients can actually trust.
“Authority isn’t something you fake. It’s what happens when you finally stop performing.”
#TheAuthorityReframe #PeoplePleasingTrap #LeadWithBoundaries
#HonestCoaching #RespectOverApproval #StopPeoplePleasing
#TrustedNotLiked #podmatch
Any Dumb Ass Can Do It: The Unsexy Truth About Great Leadership
Leadership isn’t rocket science - it’s human science.
In this honest and energizing conversation, best-selling author and legendary culture-builder Garry Ridge shares why brilliance is overrated and consistency is everything. Drawing from his new book Any Dumb Ass Can Do It, Garry breaks down the myths we’ve built around leadership and offers something better: clarity, humility, and the courage to care.
We’ll talk about:
➡️ Why ego is the enemy of progress
➡️ How “loving leadership” creates real accountability
➡️ The difference between being a boss and being useful
➡️ What it takes to build a culture where people want to show up
Expect a few laughs, some truth bombs, and a whole lot of practical wisdom from a man who turned WD-40 into a global culture case study.
#AnyDumbAssCanDoIt #CultureCoach #EgoFreeLeadership
#LeadWithLove #AccountabilityAndCare #HumanCenteredLeadership #podmatch
I Dream of Things That Never Were: From the Field to the Frontlines of Justice
What happens when your life changes in a single moment - and you're left to build a new one from scratch?
Kenneth Kunken was a college athlete with big plans when a tackle on the football field left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. But that moment didn’t end his story - it redefined it. From navigating a world without ramps or rights to becoming the first quadriplegic to graduate from Cornell and serve as a prosecutor for over 40 years, Ken’s life is a testament to the power of persistence, purpose, and quiet leadership.
In this Inspiring Conversation, we’ll explore how Ken turned tragedy into a decades-long career in public service, mentorship, and advocacy. What does it really mean to be a role model? How do you lead when no one expects you to? And what happens when you stop asking why me - and start asking what now?
#InspiringConversations #Leadership #Inclusion #DisabilityRights #Resilience #QuietPower #podmatch
The Courage to Risk: Why Moral Bravery is the Missing Link in Modern Leadership
What if leadership wasn’t just about driving results - but about creating something morally distinctive?
In this compelling conversation, Charles Spinosa - leadership strategist and co-author of Leadership as Masterpiece Creation - argues that today’s leaders aren’t just decision-makers. They’re artists. Creators. Risk-takers with a conscience.
"Profits are hard. Principles are harder."
We’ll explore why moral risk-taking is the hidden engine behind the most admired companies and courageous cultures - and why playing it safe is often the riskiest move of all. Drawing from insights co-developed with Matthew Hancocks and Haridimos Tsoukas, and weaving in lessons from Churchill, C.J. Walker, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, Charles brings both depth and practicality to the table.
“Not all choices are equal - some shape the future.”
If you're a leader - or aspire to be one - who’s tired of surface-level strategies and ready to lead with clarity, creativity, and moral courage, this session will offer you a whole new lens.
#InspiringConversations #LeadershipAsArt #MoralLeadership #CourageToLead #LeadershipMatters #podmatch
Becoming the Leader Your Life Has Prepared You For: Courage, Clarity, and the Work of Becoming Who You Are
Dorothy A. Martin-Neville, PhD brings a lifetime of reinvention, insight, and grit to this conversation. Her journey from an orphanage in Boston to founding multiple organizations, leading clinical research, and coaching high performing executives gives her a rare understanding of how real leadership growth happens.
We explore what it means to grow into the person your next level of leadership requires. Dr. Dorothy shows how emotional courage, self awareness, and honest communication shape healthier leaders and healthier cultures. She calls us back to purpose, clarity, and the stories that shape our choices, and invites us to step into who we are becoming rather than who we have been.
If you care about meaningful leadership, human connection, and building teams that thrive, this session is well worth your time.
Join us and unlock your team’s full potential today.
#InspiringConversations #Leadership #EmotionalIntelligence #SelfAwareness #PurposeDrivenLeadership #HappinessAtWork #HumanCenteredLeadership #Mindfulness #TeamCulture #UnlockTeamPotential #Listening #Transformation #PersonalGrowth #podmatch
Making Culture Stick: The Long Game of Integration
In this episode of Inspiring Conversations, I’m joined by Linda Carlisle, Fractional Communications and Culture Leader with over two decades of experience guiding companies through mergers, acquisitions, and large-scale change.
We dive into the often-overlooked second wave of integration: culture. Linda explains why culture work doesn’t end with Day One announcements - and why organizations that neglect this long-term process often struggle with retention, morale, and performance.
From legacy culture audits to building new cultural behaviors, we explore how to make integration meaningful, participatory, and even… fun. If you’re navigating change - or planning for it - this conversation is a must.
#InspiringConversations #CultureChange #MergersAndAcquisitions #WorkplaceCulture #ChangeLeadership #InternalComms #podmatch
Ever been called a “monster”?
Thomas R. Wilson has - and he used that label as rocket fuel. Battling bipolar disorder, anxiety, ADHD, and autism spectrum traits, he was nearly crushed by a cruel school system. Instead, he exploded into a valedictorian, poet, and global advocate.
His story will piss you off - and then make you believe in the power of outrage turned into action. Tune in, get mad, and join the movement for real inclusion.
#AngerToAction #Neurodiversity #InclusionUnleashed #InspiringConversations #podmatch
This Inspiring Conversation features Rod Collins, an author and keynote speaker known for his work on how collective intelligence can transform the way we lead and collaborate.
Rod has spent decades showing that organizations perform at their best when they stop depending on a few people at the top and start tapping into the wisdom of the many. His work with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program, his books Wiki Management, Leadership in a Wiki World, and his latest, Nobody Is Smarter Than Everybody, all point to the same idea. Leadership is not about command, titles, or being the one with the answers. It is about creating the conditions where everyone contributes to the thinking.
In our conversation we explore:
• Why peer-to-peer networks often outperform hierarchies in fast-changing environments
• How collective intelligence builds resilience, agility, and innovation
• What it takes for leaders to move from controlling to facilitating
• How technology shifts are making old models harder to defend
Rod brings clarity, curiosity, and a practical view of what the future of leadership will require. In a world shaped by AI, blockchain, and continuous disruption, no one leader has everything figured out. But everyone together can get a lot closer.
#InspiringConversations #CollectiveIntelligence #Leadership #FutureOfWork #HappinessAtWork #TeamCulture #Listening #Innovation #PodMatch
Rod Collins joins Inspiring Conversations to explore an idea many leaders still resist. Nobody is smarter than everybody. Organizations work better when the thinking is shared, not guarded.
People Strategy for the Trades: A Blueprint for High-Performing Teams
How do you build a team that actually works - on the site, in the cab, and in the chaos? In this live conversation, transformational leadership strategist Traci Austin shares her no-fluff approach to building high-performing teams in the skilled trades.
From hiring the right fit to developing confident leaders and keeping your best people, Traci offers real-world strategies that go beyond theory and meet the demands of the trades head-on. Whether you're a business owner, project manager, or field leader, this session will give you a blueprint to elevate your team and future-proof your workforce.
From Lean to Lyrical: Finding the Human Voice in Process and Performance
Lean thinking and opera don’t usually share a stage. One obsesses over efficiency; the other over emotion. But Naila Selimović has lived in both worlds - and discovered they’re not opposites after all.
As a former opera singer turned leadership coach and Lean consultant, Naila helps leaders tune both their systems and their souls. Because organizations, like orchestras, fall apart when they only focus on process and forget the people who give it meaning.
In this conversation, we explore how logic and lyric can coexist - how leaders can balance data with empathy, structure with trust, and metrics with music. The result? Teams that perform with precision and passion.
This isn’t about making work “sing.” It’s about remembering that harmony starts with listening.#InspiringConversations #FromLeanToLyrical #LeadershipHarmony #HumanAtWork #TeamPerformance #VoiceOfLeadership
Leadership on Your Terms – Bringing Heart, Presence, and Power into High-Pressure Spaces
In a world that often demands speed, performance, and conformity – especially in high-tech and high-stakes environments – how can leaders show up with authenticity, empathy, and unshakable presence?
In this Inspiring Conversation, Pradeepa Narayanaswamy shares how leaders can reclaim their voice and lead with grace – without losing their edge. Drawing on over two decades of experience in tech and organizational transformation, Pradeepa reveals how high-achieving, heart-driven professionals can create impact not by performing leadership, but by living it – on their own terms.
Whether you're navigating cultural expectations, feeling pressure to “tone it down,” or striving to be seen for who you are (not just what you do), this session will offer powerful insight into how leadership can be both high-impact and deeply human.
#InspiringConversations #LeadershipOnYourTerms
The Shadow Side of Leadership: Why Good Intentions Aren’t Enough
We often think toxic leadership is about bad people. But what if it’s really about the systems that let darkness thrive?
Malcolm Higgs, academic, consultant, and co-author with Dr Sinem Bulkan, PhD, SFHEA of Dark Leadership: Navigating Toxic Organisations and Transformational Change, has spent years studying how individual traits and organizational cultures interact - and how some environments quietly reward the very behaviours they claim to reject.
In this conversation, we explore what happens when charisma turns coercive, when pressure turns people inward, and when ambition starts to erode trust.
This isn’t about blame. It’s about awareness. Because every organization, like every leader, has a shadow - and it’s only by seeing it that we can begin to lead differently.
#InspiringConversations #Leadership #DarkLeadership #HappinessAtWork #TeamCulture #Listening #Transformation
Leadership Lessons from the Playground: What Kids Teach Us About Life
In this energizing session of Inspiring Conversations, we speak with TAMEKA “F.U.N. Coach” ANDERSON, award-winning youth coach and author of You're It!, to uncover the powerful leadership insights hidden in everyday interactions with children.
Drawing on her experience coaching families, educators, and youth leaders, Tameka shows how children mirror our behaviors, challenge our emotional intelligence, and offer simple truths about empathy, presence, and authenticity.
From tantrums to teamwork, from conflict to communication - Tameka shares how the playground can become a masterclass in self-awareness, influence, and connection.
Whether you're a parent, teacher, or team leader, this conversation will leave you rethinking how you show up for others - and for yourself.
#InspiringConversations #LeadershipLessons
#EmotionalIntelligence #LearningFromKids
The Long Walk Home: Finding Freedom One Step at a Time
At 72, Rand Timmerman laced up his boots, grabbed his pack, and stepped into the unknown - 2,200 miles of the Appalachian Trail with his 71-year-old brother. What began as a physical challenge became something far deeper: a journey through recovery, grief, and renewal.
In this conversation, Rand shares what happens when you stop waiting for the “right time” and start moving toward meaning - one imperfect, miraculous step at a time. From overcoming addiction to rediscovering faith and laughter in the wild, his story reminds us that healing doesn’t happen in theory.
It happens on the trail.
Shake the Dust: Resilience, Faith, and Finding Purpose
What does it take to keep moving when life keeps knocking you down?
Gina Economopoulos knows the answer - not in theory, but in practice. She’s endured childhood surgeries, the loss of her mother, twelve years in a convent, the grip of alcoholism, and the pain of broken relationships. And yet, she stands here today as an author, end-of-life doula, and voice of hope.
In this conversation, Gina will share her story of resilience and faith - how she shook the dust off her feet, walked forward, and found renewed purpose. We’ll talk about what it really means to rebuild after loss, why service can be healing, and how even in the darkest moments, faith (in yourself, in others, in something greater) can still be the lifeline.
A raw, honest dialogue about the human spirit, survival, and grace.
#Resilience #Faith #Purpose #InspiringConversations #HappinessAtWork
“Growth Without Losing Yourself: A New Blueprint for Conscious Leadership”
In this Inspiring Conversation, join Marco Houwen as he shares a radically human approach to leadership - one that balances growth with groundedness. After decades of scaling tech businesses, Marco stepped back to create a new blueprint: one that helps leaders and organizations grow without sacrificing who they are.
We’ll explore his proprietary frameworks for aligning strategy with soul, maintaining performance without burnout, and leading future-ready businesses from a place of deep purpose.
This is a conversation for anyone ready to grow - with integrity, insight, and inner peace.
#InspiringConversations #ConsciousLeadership #Zentrapreneurship #InnerAlignment #LeadWithPurpose #FutureReady #AuthenticLeadership
The Unlearning Curve: Letting Go of the Stories That Keep You Stuck
We all carry stories - about who we should be, how success should look, and what we’re supposed to want. But what happens when those stories stop fitting?
Constance Curtis has built and rebuilt her life and business more than once, and each time, she’s discovered the same truth: growth often starts with letting go.
In this conversation, she invites us to explore the quiet courage it takes to unlearn what no longer serves us, to rewrite our internal scripts, and to create space for something truer.
This isn’t about reinvention for reinvention’s sake - it’s about remembering who you were before the world told you who to be.
“High-Ticket Referrals Without Feeling ‘Salesy’”
Turning Authentic Relationships into Business Growth
In this episode of Inspiring Conversations, we speak with Brandon Barnum - renowned referral expert and author of Raving Referrals - about how to attract high-value clients without resorting to pushy sales tactics. Brandon shares how professionals can build trust-based partnerships that lead to consistent, high-ticket referrals.
Whether you’re a coach, consultant, or service provider, this conversation will help you shift from chasing leads to receiving them - by focusing on genuine connection, strategic partnerships, and delivering undeniable value.
#InspiringConversations #RavingReferrals #AuthenticSales #BusinessGrowth #ReferralStrategy #TrustBasedSelling #BrandonBarnum #ConnectionOverConversion