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Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow and my guest today Wayne Sutton has done just that as one of the early voices working to create change in Silicon Valley.

Wayne Sutton is a serial entrepreneur and founder of the Icon Project, he is also the co-founder of Change Catalyst and its Tech Inclusion programs (Over the years we introduced 11,700+ job candidates to tech companies, hosted events with over 28,000 attendees in 50+ Countries). He is a mentor and advisor to early-stage startups, one of the first 1000 people on Twitter and a leading voice for diversity and inclusion in tech which has seen him featured in TechCrunch, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal, CNN, BBC, USA Today, Mashable, Black Enterprise, and various online media outlets. Connect With Wayne Sutton:

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Being intentional about creating an inclusive event for all intersectionalities
• Childhood experience connected to trauma and how that drove him to change the tech world
• The reality of trying to change an industry that does not want to change
• The impact besmirching words from people you look up to can have on you
• Impacting one person in a positive way
• The truth about working with his wife and where the can difficulties arise from
• Interracial relationships and dealing with bias and stereotypes
• The power of self-awareness & how to develop self-awareness
• Addressing mental health and professional development needs for black and brown men in tech.
• The mental health benefits of riding a bike

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Why is curiosity so important? This is what I explore with my guest Dr. Alison Horstmeyer as we explore the importance of curiosity in our volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguousworld. Dr. Alison Horstmeyer is a former Fortune 500 business development executive who now works with executives to operationalize and harness curiosity and to enable agile leadership, innovation, agile experimentation and healthy team dynamics. She is considered one of the pioneering humanistic researchers in workplace curiosity working with clients such as Hulu, Verizon Media, Dolby, Vanguard. Her work is published in various domestic and international leadership and L&D publications including peer-reviewed journals such as The Journal of Organizational Change Management, Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, and Strategic HR Review as well as mainstream business publications such as Forbes and CEOWorld Magazine. Alison also serves as the Director of Client Development and adjunct faculty for University of Southern California Marshall School of Business Executive Education and is the inaugural Research Fellow appointed to the USC Annenberg Center for Third Space Thinking contributing to evidence-based soft skills development. Connect with Dr Alison Horstmeyer

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Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Why CEOs/Founders should be careful of cognitive biases
• 4 Obstacles to Creating a Culture of Curiosity
• The important for leaders to develop an explorer mindset
• How to recognise and tackle self-preservation mode
• Practical tools to develop your curiosity
• Reflection, Leadership and Curiosity - How Leaders get off the treadmill
• The Relationship between your values and curiosity
• Moving between the Plateaus and Plane Of Possibility
• Having too much curiosity and how Leaders can help with this
• Why understanding the different types of curiosity leads to innovation and execution
• Curiosity: A key to Authentic Leadership

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About Omar L HarrisOmar L Harris is the founder of Intent Consulting and TYMPO.io, prior to that he has 20+ years of global pharmaceutical senior leadership executive experience building teams in 4 continents (U.S., Middle East, Asia and Latin America) for Pfizer, Merck, Schering-Plough and more. He was the youngest senior marketing director in Schering-Plough history. He is also a Gallup certified strengths coach, speaker, award-winning bestselling author of 5 books, including:

• Be a J.E.D.I. Leader, Not a Boss: Leadership in the Era of Corporate Social Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
• The Servant Leaders Manifesto
• Leader Board: The DNA of High Performance Teams

He is passionate about leading teams, high-performance coaching, and inspiring the future leaders of today and tomorrow to adopt the servant leader mindset and stop toxic leadership behaviours.

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https://www.omarlharris.com/ https://www.intentconsultants.co/about

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Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Johari Window & Self Awareness
• Dealing with unexpected language roadblocks that defined his mindset
• How being people first can overcome cultural barriers for leaders
• The importance of modelling the behaviour you want to see
• How to deal with the resistance leaders will inevitably face when making change positive changes to the culture.
• Trust equation and why it is so important to your leadership credibility
• Balconies and Basements (Strengths & Weakness Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin)
• How a rejection led to an opportunity 10 years later
• The distinction between a boss and a leader and how that has lead to the great resignation
• J.E.D.I. Leadership (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)
• Organisations dedicated to holding businesses accountable
• Why leaders need to change the way they lead
• Powerful leadership lessons from his mum

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About Judy Samuelson Judy Samuelson is the founder and executive director of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program and vice president at the Aspen Institute. She previously worked in legislative affairs in California and banking in New Yorks garment centre and ran the Ford Foundations office of program-related investments. Author of The Six New Rules of Business: The rules of business are changing dramatically. The Aspen Institute's Judy Samuelson describes the profound shifts in attitudes and mindsets that are redefining our notions of what constitutes business success. She also writes regularly for Quartz at Work and is a Bellagio Fellow and a director of the Financial Health Network. Connect with Judy

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Some topics we cover in this episode:

• The design of how decisions are made
• Incentive systems that are driving the behaviours we are seeing with leaders and why we need to change them.
• Learning from real-life stories that leaders can apply immediately.
• Why companies are not good or bad
• How to build resilient robust cultures that get the best out of people and care about their people
• Employees are the new accountability mechanism
• Listening versus Hearing

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There is often a misunderstanding around racism that people think racism is time-dependent, that there is an arrow of time that leads us inextricably towards this woke future where racism does not exist anymore. Racism is not time-dependent it is power dependent which is the issue. About Dr Ollie FolayanDr Ollie Folayan is a chartered process engineer and combustion specialist with experience in the oil and energy industry. He is also a fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. Ollie leads the Scottish arm of AFBE-UK set up in Aberdeen in November 2011. Association for Black Engineers (AFBE)

AFBE-UK are a registered not-for-profit organisation that encourages people of black and minority ethnicity to study engineering, support those who aspire to be successful engineers, promote engineering in the schools and promote diversity in the workforce. Connect with Dr Ollie

• LinkedIn
• AfBE UK
• AFBE Scotland
• Email - [email protected]

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• A surprising inspiration behind his love for engineering
• Being a black engineer in a predominantly white space leading to doubt
• Self-worth
• Creation of Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE)
• The difference between an ally and a lobbyist
• Leading with reflection instead of emotion
• Working with organisations and creating tangible action goals.
• Not all skin folk are kinfolk

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We had to think about what are the things that we need to change, what are the things we need to stop doing and start doing which meant some stuff we had to let go of because if you hold on too tightly to things when its time for a change and transition that is where you get stuck because you are holding on to things from the past which can hinder you from stepping into the future About Shirene AgbelusiShirene is an Associate Pastor at Coventry Elim Coventry and also serves on Aspire Elim's national women's ministry. Shirene is a trained counsellor and has over 10 years experience of working in primary schools, supporting families with complex needs. She is a wife and mother of two children.

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Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Connecting The Dots Backwards
• Balancing career, marriage, parenting and self
• Developing resilience and embracing good enough instead of perfectionism
• Psychological safety
• How being a parent teaches situational leadership
• Navigating poor leadership and toxic cultures
• Qualities of a good leader and definition of a leader
• Dealing with the pandemic, pivoting and embracing virtual church
• Faith, communication and uncertainty
• Communication
• Leaps of faith and impact on the family
• Imposter Syndrome
• Why not me
• Racism and the church
• The importance of clapping for yourself
• Key piece of marriage advice

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We cannot address systematic oppression without systemic belonging, we cant get there unless folks who look like me who hold power are willing to look at their issues and grow up leading from a space of strength and courage instead of fear and power domination Those words from me latest guest Jerry Colonna is a snapshot into our conversation today as delve into authentic leadership exploring fear, vulnerability, peeling back the armour, integrity, power dynamics and so much more About Jerry ColonnaJerry Colonna is the CEO, and co-founder, of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm committed to the notion that better humans make better leaders. He is one of Silicon Valley's most renowned CEO and executive coaches who for nearly 20 years, has used the knowledge gained as an investor, an executive, and a board member for more than 100 organizations to help entrepreneurs and others to lead with humanity, resilience, and equanimity. He is also the author of - Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up where he reveals why radical self-inquiry is critical to professional success and healthy relationships in all realms of life. Prior to his career as a coach, he was a partner with JPMorgan Partners and co-founder of Flatiron Partners one of the most successful, early-stage investment programs in the New York City area.

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• LinkedIn

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• How sponsorship made a massive difference to his career
• Exclusive insight into the new book that he is writing
• The power of people believing in you
• Leading from a place of mindfulness, awareness and integrity
• Command and Control Hierarchal Structure
• Resistance to change, fear and giving up power
• Dealing with external pressure from shareholders, board members, people etc
• The difference between being a Failure and Failing
• Authentic Leadership
• Why Trust is the pathway to creating innovation
• Radical Self Enquiry
• Spiderman

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Lots of people have had more success in business & made more money than me. What Ive done better than most (along with my wife, the unsung hero) is put it all together to build a great, multi-dimensional lifeone that I dont need a vacation from" About Kevin Dahlstrom Kevin Dahlstrom is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Company and Bank of Central Pacific. He is a Fintech thought-leader with more than 20 years of experience leading marketing, product strategy and e-commerce for leading financial organizations. Previously he served as the Chief Marketing Officer at Elevate where he developed and implemented a multi-channel,data-driven customer acquisition strategy responsible for acquiring more than one million customers as well as being a key member of an executive team responsible for that companys dramatic revenue growth, which averaged over 50% annually for nine years. Prior to Elevate, Kevin held senior positions in several high-grown Internet and software companies in Texas and California and he is an avid rock climber. Connect with Kevin

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Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Intentionally creating a kickass life
• The Importance of Self-Worth
• Rock climbing and valuable life lessons learnt
• Reflections from turning 50
• Learning from failures
• Why Retirement is a funny notion
• Definition of success
• Money does not equal happiness
• Applying the concept of compound interest in all areas of life
• Remote work and creating in-between moments for family
• Being a founder, impact on family and false urgency
• Creating intimate moments with family
• Faith and the practicalities of living with hope

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A key characteristic of an everyday leader is decision making. We are humans and sometimes we find making decisions challenging, we will procrastinate, prevaricate and do something else without ever doing really making a decision. Real leaders make decisions and deal with whatever happens next. These words from my latest guest on Everyday Leadership Denise Nurse reflects how Denise approached life as a lawyer, presenter and entrepreneur using her five values as a foundation to make decisions and succeed in multiple careers. About DeniseDenise is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Success Coach of DBN ENTERPRISES as well as the Co-Founder of the Black Founders Hub a peer networking group for ambitious black founded services businesses and Co-Founder of Support SEND Kids an organisation that uses technology to aggregate and amplify voices currently supporting the SEND community She is also a lawyer, presenter, entrepreneur and board member of One Dance UK and Uchenna Dance Company. She was the CEO and co-founder of Halebury, a law firm that specialised in flexible working for senior lawyers. In 2018 she and her co-founder sold the business to Elevate Services Inc where she was Vice President of the global flexible resourcing business till 2020. She has presented for Sky Weather, Sky Travel, BBC's Escape to the Country, advised on consumer and legal issues on the BBC's Watchdog to name a few. Connect with Denise

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• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Why it is important to take yourself out of your comfort zone and practical tips to help you push past your fear
• Why Leaders need to invest in their personal development and back themselves
• Recognising transferable skills i.e between present and being a lawyer
• Understand and leading a life aligned with your values
• Focusing on the outcome what is the result we are trying to create here
• Co-Founding a non-traditional law firm
• Introducing flexible working in 2007 to clients who struggled to understand the concept
• Unlearning and relearning
• Why our education system does not set us up for success
• Definition of Leadership

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"Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients" This quote from Richard Branson captures the mission my guest Matthew Phelan is focused on solving at his company The Happiness Index and on this episode we delve into why happiness is not a fluffy metric and why organisations need to pay attention to it if they want to grow and thrive. About Matthew PhelanMatthew Phelan is Co-Founder and Head of Global Happiness at The Happiness Index. He founded the Happiness and Humans Community to help build a future of work that is more human. He hosts the Happiness and Humans Podcast and is the author of Freedom To Be Happy. Matt is also a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Connect with Matt

• Freedom To Be Happy: The Business Case for Happiness
• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Being a "sea firman" and the power of journalling
• Building habits instead of process
• Walking away from his "dream job" when it turned out to be a nightmare
• Navigating and growing through uncertainty
• Learning from his experiences with foot and mouth disease and how that built resilience
• Taking existing skills into a new market and starting again
• The data behind Happiness, Discrimination & Race
• Why organisations need to create a Freedom To Be Human culture
• Not wasting time on people who don't care or want to listen to the data
• Scaling company happiness in a hybrid world
• Cognitive Dissonace
• Integrity & Authenticity

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