Doing it Right: The Stories that Make Us

Leigh Richardson’s personal experiences with brain injury led her to believe in using neurofeedback as an alternative to medication.

After an alarming event occurred when her twin boys were in second grade, Leigh’s world completely shifted. One of her 2-year-old twin boys was hit by a car resulting in a concussion that seemed to heal without effects…until 5th grade. He started experiencing issues concentrating and remembering things. Crying after school one day he anxiously told his mom, “I think I have ADHD!” His teacher suggested Leigh put him on Ritalin, which was NOT something she took as an answer. Being totally opposed to the suggestion, Leigh found a neurologist that used neurofeedback to help her son. Having suffered herself from two brain injuries she tried the same treatment.

If there is a lesson to be learned from the positive results, it’s getting involved with mental health and whole-brain training. In 2009, Leigh founded her successful counseling practice at The Brain Performance Center.

Listen to how Leigh’s dedication to improving all aspects of brain health has led her to be recognized as a leader in the pursuit of mental health.

Established in 1718, San Antonio is the one of the oldest cities in Texas – now recorded as the 2nd largest city in the state. The historic city hall is in the midst of a major renovation headed by the city of San Antonio senior architect/project manager Carol Warkoczewski. A former City architect, Carol has 38 years’ experience in project planning, design, and delivery.

Besides being recognized as a talented architect and leader in the capital projects industry, Carol is passionate about developing leaders in the construction industry. This led her to additionally earn a Master of Science degree in Organizational Leadership and Ethics. In 2010, she created the Institute for Leadership in Capital Projects. Carol is founder, Board Chair and Chief Vision Officer of what is dubbed I-LinCP – pronounced I-link-up. Since it’s beginning, Carol and TDIndustries, Inc. executives have partnered in support of the organization’s goals to provide a collaborative venue for industry leaders to discuss improvements, culture change, leadership building and owner project requirements. Bob Richards worked closely with her to further develop leadership initiatives that share the power of collaboration along with the tools for developing and delivering successful projects.

On today’s program she will share insights with Greg Bailey, TD’s Business Development Manager in San Antonio. Greg assists in identifying the best solutions for the mechanical systems on this project. Besides his role assisting many business partners in San Antonio, his thirst for best practices in supporting effective preconstruction and superior project processes for the San Antonio construction team, Greg has enjoyed taking I-LinCP courses to enhance his personal leadership competencies.

You’ll hear how this design-build project has been enhanced by living the I-LinCP mission and goals set for greater collaboration and trust relationships throughout the industry.

Jason Alba knows how a job search “should” work. He learned a major lesson during his epic failure-of-a-job-search in early 2006. After having a successful start in his IT career, Jason found himself an unwilling participant in the job market. In 2006 it was supposedly a "job seeker's market."

Jason quickly found that a "job seeker's market" does not mean the job search will be easy or short. His experience left him frustrated— feeling like a failure. Not someone to take that lightly, Jason determined to learn from his experience. By using his software and project management skills, Jason created a sales tool for job selection.

Thus was born his app affectionately called JibberJobber, the first tool that allowed a job seeker to manage and organize a job search. The tool developed as Jason’s understanding of job search, career management, personal branding and networking evolved. JibberJobber went from a tool to track a job search into a tool that has helped tens of thousands manage multiple job transitions during one’s entire career.

Today Jason manages his Utah business while he and his wife raise their family of 5 children. Tune in to learn from Jason’s experience PLUS receive two free offerings he will share on the show.

Jacob Schick always wanted to be a marine.⁠

Deployment to Iraq resulted in multiple injuries including the loss of his leg. 46 operations later the fight to regain his soul began.

This is a remarkable story of dedication to the Service and fellow veterans as Jake now devotes his life to helping them through struggles that can only be felt by someone who has walked in their shoes and attained victory. Jake's passion is for helping Veterans transition to life back at home. He started a nonprofit for suicide prevention called 22Kill. ⁠

His story has led him to Hollywood movie roles including American Sniper and A Star Is Born.⁠

Stephen Covey wrote the book “The Speed of Trust.” It argues that projects can be completed more quickly when each partner trusts his teammates to complete their tasks.

Trust between project partners is essential on a fast-track construction project.
You’ll hear from the team members how Dignity Health, Devenney Architects, McCarthy Building Companies, and TDIndustries worked collaboratively to provide the best value in the shortest duration at Chandler Regional Health Center and How Dignity Health’s “hold the line” mindset helped control quality, increase transparency on Phoenix-area hospital design-build expansion.


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Clint Bruce is a Navy SEAL veteran who is working to create not one, not two but 81 transition paths for veterans and athletes to transition to.
A veteran himself who successfully transitioned from his military life to civilian life, he understands first hand the impact that a career change can have on the mental health of men and women in uniform.
Join us on an extraordinary episode about daily wins, single women raising extraordinary leaders, and about the inspirational foundation that Clint co-founded called 'Carry The Load'.

Tamara Barker is a trailblazer in the transportation industry who started at the bottom and earned her way to the top. With strategic thinking, a degree in electrical engineering technology and the experience of doing the groundwork, Tamara shifted the perception of what a UPS driver can achieve.

With a passion for sustainability and innovation, Tamara overcame the obstacles of working in a male-dominated industry and paved the way for women at UPS. As the company's Chief Sustainability Officer, Tamara led the charge on the use of alternative fuels for its delivery vehicles and inspired the company to become a leading provider of logistics for a circular economy.

In this episode, Tamara also talks about the new chapter in her life, enjoying the outdoors and her role as a grandmother.

Scott is a CPA “disrupter”. After a degree and short stint in the profession, Scott’s entrepreneurial spirit showed up. He leveraged his degree into CPAacademy.org—offering CPE’s to CPA’s….with free online business webinars. Over 280,000 people have embraced his tool bringing education to them and a dream fulfilled to his family.
Learn how his life path is filled with a lot of learning, a few missteps, and an infinite amount of passion.

Helen Perry is an Image Consultant who works alongside companies and individuals on Impression Management and all areas of presentation/branding.
Named Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women in 2018, Helen has spent her career working with corporate executives but with youngsters too: in her Eticool School, she teaches fun manners classes to thousands of children. Learn all about how Helen became an image consultant in today’s fashion flavors of the month mentality.

When Jeff Sinelli speaks – out pops more ideas than you can absorb in one bite.

His personality vibrates, his vision grabs attention, his heart pounds out of his chest with passion for Which Wich. Now a global franchised sandwich chain in 40 states and 11 countries, Jeff calls himself the Chief Vibe Officer. Underneath it all, Jeff is a simple guy who came up with a simple idea….sandwich in a brown paper bag.

He credits his mom. “My mom used to pack my lunch, writing my name and its contents on a brown bag before sticking it in the refrigerator”. So, you could say, it’s always been in buried in his subconscious & just took 25 years to come out.

You’ll be mesmerized hearing Jeff share his success, disappointments and always fun times.