In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames sits down with the world’s number one executive coach, Marshall Goldsmith. They discuss Marshall’s recent book The Earned Life, the concept of feedforward, and so much more. Get to know Marshall and his philosophy on life. 

About Marshall:

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized as one of the Top Ten Business Thinkers in the World and the top-rated executive coach at the Thinkers50 ceremony in London since 2011. Published in 2015, his book Triggers is a Wall Street Journal and New York Times #1 Bestseller! He’s also the author of New York Times best seller and #1 Wall Street Journal Business Book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Co-author How Women Rise 250k this year.  With a PhD from UCLA, Marshall is a pioneer of 360-degree feedback as a leadership development tool. His early efforts in providing feedback and then following-up with executives to measure changes in behavior were precursors to what eventually evolved as the field of executive coaching. With nearly 40 years of hands-on experience, Marshall Goldsmith is the leading expert on leadership and coaching for behavioral change. His singular ability to get results for top leaders has drawn over 200 CEOs and their management teams to address change in the workplace.

Shoutouts

• The Earned Life by Marshall Goldsmith
• Albert Burlow
• Lionel Messi
• Michael Phelps
• Safi Bahcall
• Curtis Martin
• Francis Hassel
• Sarah MacArthur
• Alan Malawi
• Peter Drucker
• Paul Hersey
• Warren Venice
• Mark Thompson
• Dr. Paul Hersey
• Mojdeh Pourmahram

Companies Mentioned

• Pfizer
• Forefront

Connect with Zachary Ames & the XYZ Team:

• https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
• Instagram: @xyz_lead
• LinkedIn: XYZ Leadership Page
• Tik-Tok: @xyz_lead
• Youtube: Expand Your Zone

Connect with Marshall Goldsmith

• Instagram: @coachgoldsmith 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshallgoldsmith/

In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames sits down with the wonderful Charlene Wheeless. They talk about leadership, advocating for yourself, going and making opportunities, and Charlene’s life lessons.

About Charlene:

Charlene is a successful business executive, leadership coach/advisor, keynote speaker, and author. With more than three decades of experience in leadership, corporate affairs, communications, and operations, Wheeless leads her namesake firm, Charlene Wheeless LLC, where executives and teams turn to inspire and motivate others for breakthrough performance and to transform or strengthen their workplace culture. She partners with executives to fine-tune leadership capability, communications, executive presence, and influence. Additionally, she is a unique resource to help C-suite leaders, teams, and companies turn DE&I intention into DE&I impact. Wheeless also serves as the senior advisor for equity and justice for APCO Worldwide, a leading global communications and advocacy firm.

Topics:

• Leadership
• Advocating for Yourself

Shoutouts

• You Are Enough! by Charlene Wheeless
• 7 Seconds of Courage-Choice, not Chance | Charlene Wheeless

Companies Mentioned

• Charlene Wheeless LLC
• APCO Worldwide
• TEDx

Connect with Zachary Ames & the XYZ Team:

• https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
• Instagram: @xyz_lead
• LinkedIn: XYZ Leadership Page
• Tik-Tok: @xyz_lead
• Youtube: Expand Your Zone

Connect with Charlene Wheeless:

• https://charlenewheeless.com
• Instagram: @charwheeless
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlenewheeless/

In this Episode of Expand your Zone, Zachary Ames sat down with the co-owner of Mark Fisher Fitness and Business for Unicorns, Mark Fisher. We discuss how to make a good culture in the workplace as we talk about the values incorporated into his business Mark Fisher Fitness, Serious Fitness for ridiculous humans. Then we talk about what it’s like to be a leader. Mark shares lessons learned from building the gym and you don’t want to miss this!

Topics: Culture; Leadership; Entrepreneurship;

Key Takeaways:

• Culture - how to build this in a workplace
• What it’s like to be a leader
• Lessons learned from building the gym

Resources:

• Links
  • Markfisherhumanbeing.com
  • Businessforunicorns.com
  • markfisherfitness.com
  • xyzleadership.xyz
• Sponsors
• Shoutouts
• Social Media (our own)
  • Instagram: @xyzlead
  • LinkedIn: XYZ Leadership Page
  • Tik Tok:
  • Youtube:
• Social Media for Guest
  • Instagram: @markfisherhumanbeing @mffclubhouse @businessforunicorns
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-fisher-57b42440/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/mark-fisher-fitness/
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/markfisherhumanbeing
• Companies Mentioned
  • Mark Fisher Fitness
  • Business For Unicorns

In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames chats with the wonderful Whitney Johnson. Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company. She was named a 2021 Top #10 Business Thinkers by Thinkers50, and is a globally recognized thought-leader, keynote speaker, executive coach, and consultant. Whitney is the WSJ, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company (Harvard Business Press, 2022).

Zachary and Whitney dive into her book Smart Growth and the idea of the S-Curve. She also shares her three big “aha moments” about the momentum of people, disruption, and growth - and how you can use the S-Curve to understand how groups and individuals change.

Topics:

• S-curve
• Goal Setting
• Growth

Shoutouts

• Smart Growth
• Disrupt Yourself Podcast
• Jim Barno
• Clayton Christensen
• Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
• Disrupt Yourself Article
• Everett Rogers
• Liar’s Poker
• Scott O’Neil
• Brittany Boyd
• Donna Daniels
• Yang Xu
• BJ Fogg
• James Clear
• Ryan Westwood
• Warren Buffet
• Laura Gassner Otting
• Forefront
• Amy Humble

Companies Mentioned

• Disruption Advisors
• Kraft Heinz

Connect with Zach & the XYZ Team:

• https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
• Instagram - @xyz_lead
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/xyzleadership
• Tik-Tok: @xyz_lead
• Youtube: Expand Your Zone

Connect with Whitney:

• Instagram: @johnsonwhitney @disruptyourself_podcast
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson/

In today’s episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames sits down with special guest Toby Hervey. Toby is the CEO and Founder of Bravely, a new kind of employee benefit in support of workplace health—connecting people with professional coaches for confidential conversations about their performance, growth, relationships, and company culture.  He was a 6 year board member and 2 year president of Out in Tech, non-profit connecting and advancing the LGBTQ+ community in the tech industry.

Zachary and Toby dive into what Bravely does to improve employee experience, stress management, and navigating changes within the new work environment. Toby also shares some of the insights he has learned from being the co-founder of Bravely. 

Topics:

• Coaching
• Stress Management

Shoutouts:

• Marshall Goldsmith
• Carol Dweck
• The Crown
• Gary Vaynerchuk
• Lindsey Pollak
• Jason Allan Scott
• Sarah Sheehan

Companies Mentioned:

• Bravely
• Out In Tech
• Pager

Connect with Zach & the XYZ Team:

• https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
• Instagram: @xyz_lead
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xyzleadership
• Tik-Tok: @xyz_lead
• Youtube: Expand Your Zone

Connect with Toby & Bravely: https://workbravely.com/

Instagram: @tobyhervey @workbravely

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobyhervey/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravely/

In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames is joined by Michelle Johnston. Michelle Johnston is a management professor, executive coach, and leadership expert who serves as the Gaston Chair of Business at Loyola University New Orleans. Michelle’s first book, The Seismic Shift in Leadership, is an Amazon bestseller and details the need for leaders to shift from a command and control leadership style to one that focuses on connection because Connection drives long-lasting results. She was recently named one of the most influential New Orleanians, a top 500 business leader, and a Woman of the Year by CityBusiness. Michelle is a celebrated keynote speaker presenting at conferences and events nationwide.

Zachary and Michelle discuss her book The Seismic Shift in Leadership and how to increase your connection with yourself, others, and companies. 

Shoutouts

• Loyola University
• The Seismic Shift in Leadership
• Jim Mora
• Marshall Goldsmith
• Drew Brees
• Judy Terzotis
• John Georges
• The Seismic Shift with Michelle Johnston
• Luke McCowan
• Sharon Melnick
• Don McGuire
• Charlene Wheeless
• Todd Graves
• Warner Thomas

Companies Mentioned

• Spectra
• Qualcomm
• Raising Cane’s
• Guthrie’s Chicken
• New York Times
• Ochsner

Connect with Zach & the XYZ Team:

• https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
• Instagram - @xyzlead
• LinkedIn - XYZ Leadership Page
• Tik-Tok: @xyz_lead
• Youtube: Expand Your Zone

Connect with Michelle:

• https://michellekjohnston.com/
• Instagram - @_michelle.johnston_
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-johnston-0264b5b/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/drmkjohnston

In this episode of Expand Your Zone, Zachary is joined by career and workplace expert Lindsey Pollak. Lindsey shares how to navigate better within an organization and how to consider generational differences. Learn how to better navigate your career and the changes that arise in an ever changing world.

Lindsey  is a New York Times bestselling author and a leading career and workplace expert. She was named to the 2020 Thinkers 50 radar list, which honors the top global management thinkers whose work is shaping the future of how organizations are managed and led.

Shoutouts

• Recalculating
• Dorie Clark
• Kara Swisher
• Carol Dweck
• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
• The Power of Habit by Chales Duhigg
• Mike Gould
• Michelle Johnston
• Charlene Wheeless 

Companies Mentioned

• GE
• Goldman
• Pfizer
• Verizon
• Yale
• LinkedIn
• Bloomingdale’s

Connect with Zach & the XYZ Team:

• https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
• Instagram - @xyz_lead
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/xyzleadership
• Tik-Tok: @xyz_lead
• Youtube: Expand Your Zone

Connect with Lindsey:

• https://lindseypollak.com/
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseypollak/ or @lindseypollak
• Twitter - @lindseypollak

No one exuberates a zest for life more than Jason Allan Scott .  After a near-death experience at 12 years old, Jason decides everything after is "Bonus Time."  This profound moment shapes his view and philosophies on life and leadership - ultimately leading to selling multiple businesses despite his ADHD and dyslexia.

In this episode, Zachary and Jason cover a lot of ground - their first attempts of entrepreneurship as kids, look at generational approaches to work, the current and future states of the workplace including Jason's big prediction based on the last 100 years of rural/urban dynamics. 

About Jason Allan Scott:

Jason is a serial entrepreneur, born in apartheid South Africa, and the first in his family to read, write, and graduate high school.  Scott is an award-winning event professional, a best-selling author, an award-winning podcaster and an international keynote speaker.

Topics:

• Entrepreneurship, leadership, mantras, quiet quitting, millennials, gen x, apartheid

Key Takeaways:

• You don’t need to know or be an expert in everything but have the ability to work hard and find the resources to learn more.

Resources:

• Links
  • https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
  • https://www.apodcastcompany.com/
• Shoutouts
  • Lazlo Bock, former head of people at Google; author “Work Rules”
  • Lindsey Pollak
  • Warren Buffett
• Social Media (our own)
  • Instagram - @xyz_lead
  • LinkedIn - XYZ Leadership Page
  • Tik-Tok: @expandyourzone
• Social Media Guest
  • Instagram - @jasonallanscott 
  • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-allan-scott/
• Companies Mentioned
  • A Podcast Company

On today’s episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames sits down with Dorie Clark and chat about insights from her latest book, The Long Game. Discussing how to reallocate some of your time, knowing when to say no, and setting ambitious goals. They focus on the concept Dorie calls thinking in waves which steps include learning, connecting, creating, and reaping. Enjoy this episode of Expand Your Zone!

About: Dorie Clark has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards. Clark, a consultant and keynote speaker, teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School, and she is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine.

Key Takeaways:

• “No matter how successful somebody is, if they’re a reasonably ambitious person, they probably have goals, they probably have things they want to accomplish, and if you’re setting ambitious enough goals, there’s probably goals you’re not reaching!”

Resources:

• Links
  • dorieclark.com/subscribe
  • https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
• Shoutouts
  • The Long Game
  • Marshall Goldsmith
  • Whitney Johnson
  • Constance by Matthew Fitzsimmons
  • AI 2041 by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan
• Companies / Organizations Mentioned
  • Google
  • Forefront, Powered by 100Coaches
• Social Media (our own)
  • Instagram - @xyz_lead
  • LinkedIn - XYZ Leadership Page
  • Tik-Tok: @expandyourzone
• Social Media Guest
  • Instagram - @dorieclark
  • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/doriec/

Welcome to Expand Your Zone where Zachary Ames, Founder of XYZ Leadership, chats with world renowned leadership experts and entrepreneurs about insights regarding leadership, communication, personal development, and life lessons.

A podcast for a better life and thriving career.

If you’re a leader, [insert audience]… develop your skills and gain tools in being a leader.

Join us & get ready to Expand Your Zone!

Key Takeaways:

• “Leadership can make a complete difference in someone’s life.”
• “People are craving a direction, craving leadership, craving a way to understand themselves and the way they navigate the world in trying to have a better life” (2:26)

Resources:

• Links
  • https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
• Companies Mentioned
  • XYZ Leadership
  • Forefront
• Social Media (our own)
  • Instagram - @xyzlead
  • LinkedIn - XYZ Leadership Page
  • Tik-Tok: @expandyourzone