Elevate Your Leadership

In this episode of The Elevate Your Leadership Podcast, Holly Duckworth defines mindfulness as we discuss what it means to leaders at work, and at home. Hallmark Holly (explained in this episode) tells us how Google uses mindfulness to allow a moment for arrival at the beginning of meetings and how you can use the same technique to begin any event throughout your day. She shows us how mindfulness can be one of your superpowers. Her positive outlook is demonstrated as she discusses live lines vs deadlines and life list vs bucket list.

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In this episode of the Elevate Your Leadership podcast, NASA Astronaut Susan Kilrain and I discuss her life and career. Commander Susan Kilrain is a renowned astronaut, a distinguished navy test pilot and aerospace engineer, and a world traveler. She is the youngest person, and one of only three women, to pilot the space shuttle. She served twenty years in the navy paving the way for women. She has flown more than 3,000 flight hours in over 30 different aircraft, and she was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal. CDR Kilrain flew as pilot of STS-83 and STS-94, both in 1997, onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, on February 1st, 2003, killing all seven astronauts on board. She has spent more than 20 days in space. Prior to joining the Navy, Susan was a wind tunnel project officer at Lockheed Corporation and earned her master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Susan and her husband, retired SEAL Vice Admiral Colin Kilrain are raising their four children in Virginia. She is a consultant and motivational speaker, specializing in encouraging young women and underprivileged teens to excel in STEM careers. She has been a board member for private companies, universities, and non-profits, and is currently a Venture Partner with New North Ventures.

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Why do people come to work at your organization? What is personal vested interest (PVI) and do you know the PVI of those you lead? In this episode of the Elevate Your Leadership podcast, Chad Brown and I discuss organizational leadership to include culture, ego, fulfillment on and off the job, and how your priorities are where you spend your time and money. Chad Brown is a leadership engagement expert. He coaches executives and entrepreneurs in the art and science of leadership for themselves, their teams, and clients to create new, unprecedented results and experience fulfillment in their work.

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What is hyperbaric oxygen and what can this medicinal treatment do for you? In this episode, Cara Mae Melton and I discuss the use of hyperbaric oxygen to heal wounds, reduce inflammation, improve sleep, and even counter the effects of aging. Cara Mae Melton is a dynamic executive who has been applying expertise in business oversight, operations and development over the last 18 years for early stage and start up organizations. She is an innovator and entrepreneur focused on solving consumer and business problems through the creation and delivery of inventive products and solutions.

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Does seeing more clearly help you be a better leader? In this episode, Dr. Alison Tendler discusses her upbringing in South Dakota, experience in medical school, and what it is like to lead her team of 14 people. I called her green eyes blue. You may remember Dr. Tendler from the Restasis eye drop commercials that ran from 2008-2015 or so, with her striking green eyes, which I called blue during our face-to-face discussion. She let me off easy. Alison's story is an inspiration to young ladies who are considering a career as a Medical Doctor as well as medical professionals or anyone considering leaving the comfort of a large organization to start their own business.

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Coach David Greenwalt has consulted with Fortune 500 CEOs, Academy Award winners, and people from all walks of life. Start 2023 with the motivation and information (intelligence) you need to focus on your health and wellness. David will meet you where you are and improve your focus, gratitude, worry control, and other aspects of what David calls emotional fitness. Dave develops your Why Power which drives your Will Power. Coach David is a Certified Health Coach, fitness expert, author, husband, father, former police officer, gym owner, competitive state-level body builder, and powerlifter. In 1997, at age 32 and a body weight of 235 pounds, David discovered an evidence-based approach for getting off his own 50 excess pounds and keeping it off for 25 years and counting. Since 1999, through his company Leanness Lifestyle University, David has been helping student members, from every walk of life, lose excess fat, keep the muscle and manage this crazy life.

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In this fascinating discussion, Eric Maddox shares why he enlisted in the U.S. Army where he was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, a jumpmaster, and graduate of Ranger School. In 2003, he was sent to Tikrit, Iraq where he joined a Delta Force team who was searching for high value targets on the infamous Deck of Cards. After five months and over 300 interrogations, Eric was able to track down and eventually give the team the exact location of the spider hole in which Saddam hid. For this, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, the Defense Intelligence Agency Director’s Award, and the Bronze Star. Eric has successfully transitioned his technique of empathy based listening to teach business leaders across the globe on how to follow the breadcrumbs that lead to the stage of the person you are negotiating with.

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In this episode of The Elevate Your Leadership podcast, former Blue Cross Blue Shield Chief Executive Rod Collins discusses futuristic concepts of leadership that are being employed today by highly successful companies. Applying his concept that no one is in charge, Rod details his process for conducting collective intelligence workshops to advance company initiatives based on the collective intelligence and contributions of everyone on the team. He outlines the four characteristics necessary to leverage collective intelligence. Rod authored Wiki Management: A Revolutionary New Model for a Rapidly Changing and Collaborative World, which highlights the innovative tools and practices used by a new breed of business leaders to sustain extraordinary performance in a world reshaped by digital disruption. His next book, No One is Smarter Than Everyone, will be out next year.

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In this episode of the Elevate Your Leadership podcast, Alexis Gerdes discusses her run for the Virginia Beach school board first as a parent with “skin in the game" as two of her children currently attend Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Alexis shares details of her upbringing including her K-12 schooling within the Virginia Beach Public School System. Alexis talks about her views on leadership in general, and how she will bring leadership to the school board in particular. I enjoyed this discussion and learned a lot about a process that not enough Virginia Beach residents are familiar with.

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In this episode of the Elevate Your Leadership podcast, Navy veteran and entrepreneur, Allie Stephens, discusses how her work ethic served her in the restaurant industry and the US Navy. Allie put her leadership skills to work when she established her uniquely branded restaurant, Anchor Allie's, in Virginia Beach VA nine years ago, and has since opened a second location. Anchor Allie's is a US military and all-American themed restaurant serving up great food, refreshing cocktails, and delicious cafe drinks, all with a pin up twist. Allie addresses leadership head on in how she leads a team of roughly 40 employees over two locations.

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