In this comprehensive episode, we explore the multifaceted nature of modern leadership with Dr. Brenda Fellows, President and CEO of Fellows Corporate Consortium. She is a distinguished industrial, organizational, and clinical psychologist who partners with corporate boards and C-Suite executives across Fortune 20-500 companies. Drawing on over two decades of strategy and management consulting experience, Dr. Fellows reveals her groundbreaking framework combining eight distinct intelligences and four capitals that shape effective leadership.

Key themes include:

• How cognitive, emotional, authentic, cultural, social, spiritual, humility, and leadership intelligence work together
• The integration of human, resource, political, and community capital in organizational success
• Understanding different leadership styles and their impact under comfort versus stress
• Why psychological awareness and behavioral science are critical "hard skills" for organizational transformation
• How to bridge gaps between learning systems, knowledge systems, and policy shaping



This fascinating discussion challenges conventional thinking about leadership capabilities, offering unprecedented insight into how organizations can develop more effective, holistic approaches to leadership in an increasingly complex world. As a faculty member at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and Harvard University Medical School, Dr. Fellows shares practical frameworks for assessing and improving leadership across all organizational levels.

Guest:

President & CEO, Principal Strategy & Management Consultant, Industrial/Organizational Psychologist at Fellows Corporate Consortium, LLC

Co-Hosts: 

Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Partners

Series Hosts: 

Vikram Shyam, Lead Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center

Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works