Conversations on Organizational Excellence

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Bob Borcherdt about accessing the unused human capacity in your organization.

BOB BORCHERDT (pronounced like Orchard with a B; https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-borcherdt-70b38810/) is a visionary through and through. He has been a leader, strategist, and business owner for over 35 years. His deep passion for people and leadership is what led him in 2011 to start IN2GREAT, a leadership consulting company. Bob founded IN2GREAT with the intent to help businesses grow by building better leaders. Since then, the firm has grown to include powerful human analytics and a team that specializes in implementing leadership development systems. Bob believes when leaders are empowered and equipped to create cultures of clarity, the people around them are engaged, developed and fulfilled. To many of IN2GREAT’s clients, Bob is a trusted advisor. He has worked with CEOs of large companies to head coaches of professional sports teams to small business owners and leaders at all levels in organizations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Toledo and is the co-author of the book Leading to the One: Creating Cultures of Clarity Where People Are Engaged, Developed and Fulfilled. Bob currently serves as CEO of IN2GREAT. Bob is also the creator of the Clarity Based Leadership System and co-founder of The L-21 Group, which he launched in 2023 with Nicki McLeod, the co-author of Leading to the One and President of IN2GREAT. Based on The Clarity ModelTM from their first book, this new system focuses on achieving Clarity in organizations, among leaders, with teams, and in meetings to help generate greater employee engagement and better business results. Their future plans include licensing their systems to other consulting firms. In 2024, Bob and Nicki launched The Restoring Leadership Initiative, which is focused on restoring leadership not to what it was, but to what it should be. As part of this initiative, they will be providing free content to their tribe of followers. Bob has been married to his wife Judy for 38 years, and together they have four sons, four daughters-in-law, and twelve grandchildren. Bob and Judy live in East Tennessee between Johnson City, TN and Asheville, NC.

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Angela Schill and Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Trina Celeste Limpert about orchestrating life-work harmony.

Trina Celeste Limpert, a seasoned author, speaker, and tech industry veteran with a thirty-year career at eBay and Oracle, is the founder of RizeNext Corp and co-founder of Tech-Moms.org. Her initiatives have cultivated a vibrant community of over 500 alumni, fostering diversity in technology and providing pathways for aspiring technologists. Trina and her family reside in the heart of Utah's Silicon Slopes.

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Elissa Sangster about issues affecting women's abilities to seek, prepare for and attain business leadership positions.

Elissa Sangster (https://www.linkedin.com/company/fortefoundation/) serves as CEO of Forté and brings to the role extensive knowledge of issues affecting women's abilities to seek, prepare for and attain business leadership positions, drawn from her prior experience as Assistant Dean and Director of the MBA Program at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. There she oversaw all activities related to the full-time McCombs MBA program including marketing, admissions, student services, and alumni relations. Before McCombs, Elissa was Assistant Director of the MBA Program at Texas A&M University’s Mays School of Business. Elissa currently serves as Treasurer and Board Member for the Thirty Percent Coalition. She is past Chair of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Annual Industry Conference and formerly served as Chair of MBA Student Services Professionals (MBA SSP). Elissa sits on the board of Forté as an ex-officio member. She enjoys reading, running, cooking and is a champion for women in business.

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Rich Funk about how human capital can differentiate a company in a virtual world.

Rich Funk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-funk-b0940014/) is Founder & CEO of The Better For You Company.

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Elaine Pulakos about how GenAI could help enable skills-based hiring.

Elaine Pulakos, Ph.D. is CEO of PDRI by Pearson and an expert in building organizational and team capabilities that translate into business growth. She is well-known for her research on talent and performance management practices, and has extensive global experience helping companies build these capabilities to increase their competitive advantage

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Bessi Graham about aligning your business strategy with your values.

Bessi Graham (www.linkedin.com/in/bessi-graham-48a31323) is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience working with business owners, governments, and large funding bodies to bring doing good and making money back together. Bessi works with established business leaders who want to build on their success and align their company with their values but are concerned about the impact of these changes on their bottom line. Showing them that they can do good and make money. In fact, doing good is the competitive edge their business has been missing. 

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Brook Borup about building scalable businesses.

When it comes to automation and delegation for small businesses, no one does it better than Brook Borup (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brookborup). Driven by the desire to see small business owners spend more time away from their business doing what they love, Brook has developed systems and methodologies to help countless business owners around the world do more of what they love. Whether it’s growing your business by passively attracting leads or creating automation sequences to spend less time on marketing, Brook has a back-end tool to get your business moving in the right direction. 

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Jenny Esposito about successful people and culture operations in the homebuilding industry.

Jenny Esposito (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-esposito-93a04523/) is the Director of People and Culture at Trumark Homes. In her role, she leads the company’s human resources and corporate culture efforts including talent acquisition, performance management, compensation, compliance, and benefits as well as team building and staff development. She has more than a decade a diverse experience in leading and managing all functions of human resources across several industries. 

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Oleg Konovalov about his book, The Fisherman's Path to Leadership. 

Dr. Oleg Konovalov (linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov) is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. Konovalov has been named one of the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Award), and has been named one of the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders 2022, along with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey. Having been named ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership’ by many leading authorities of our time, Konovalov is considered #1 in the world in the field of vision and visionary leadership. He is the author of The Vision Code, Leaderology, and other books. For more information visit www.olegkonovalov.com. 

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Jesan Sorrells about the role of leadership development in a world of artificial intelligence.

Jesan Sorrells (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesansorrells/) is the CEO and Founder of HSCT Publishing, LLC. HSCT is remote-first, video-based, software publishing platform company located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. HSCT seeks to help organizations manage and reduce the impact of workplace conflict, encourage organizational innovation, and increase optimal outcomes around leadership development, conflict management, and change management. HSCT leverages content platforms, training, and education via their Leadership Toolbox and LeadingKeys products. Jesan’s latest book 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership (2022) advances the idea that all problems in all organizations can be solved through the intentional application of effective leadership practices and principles. Leaders who have heard Jesan’s message have changed cultures changed organizations and changed their work lives by changing their mindsets, their teams, and their organizations. Jesan hosts and produces the Leadership Lessons from the Great Books podcast, and previously published Marketing for Peace Builders: How to Market Your Value to a World in Conflict, in 2016 and My Boss Doesn’t Care: 100 Essays on Disrupting Your Workplace by Disrupting Your Boss, in April 2019. 

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