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Dr. Daniel Goleman’s Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence is the author’s first comprehensive collection of his key findings on leadership. This often-cited, proven-effective material will help leaders develop stellar management, performance and innovation for themselves and their teams.

Andy McDowell is an engineer by trade and a creative by nature. He is the founder of the entrepreneurial and small business coaching and consulting ?rm, Generate Your Value, and is the co-host of The Generate Your Value Podcast. Andy spent 22 years with the Boeing Company, where he always felt more like a life coach than a boss. In 2002, he began his entrepreneurship journey when he was asked to develop an Airspace Design Consulting business that would serve the global government market. Andy has a Bachelor's Degree from Georgia Tech in Electrical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State. His aviation work took him around the world and enabled him to work on high-pro?le projects - such as preparing the Beijing and Sochi Airports for their respective Olympic Games. Andy can help you Generate Your Value in your personal and professional life in today's conversation. www.generateyourvalue.com

Andy McDowell is an engineer by trade and a creative by nature. He is the founder of the entrepreneurial and small business coaching and consulting firm, Generate Your Value, and is the co-host of The Generate Your Value Podcast. Andy spent 22 years with the Boeing Company, where he always felt more like a life coach than a boss. In 2002, he began his entrepreneurship journey when he was asked to develop an Airspace Design Consulting business that would serve the global government market. Andy has a Bachelor’s Degree from Georgia Tech in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State. His aviation work took him around the world and enabled him to work on high-profile projects - such as preparing the Beijing and Sochi Airports for their respective Olympic Games. Andy can help you Generate Your Value in your personal and professional life in today’s conversation. www.generateyourvalue.com

Our guest today has sat in every seat of the table as an entrepreneur, leadership expert, nonprofit executive, philanthropic leader, and professor. She is the CEO of Tammy Dowley-Blackman Group, LLC, where she is on a mission to galvanize 1,000,000 leaders through her suite of connected company brands focused on collaborating with corporate, government, nonprofit, and philanthropic partners to deliver leadership and workforce solutions through presentations, workshops, and team trainings. She has acted as a strategic advisor to hundreds of organizations on a range of topics. In her free time, she enjoys serving on boards that connect to her interests in the arts and strengthening communities. Tammy Dowley-Blackman is a recognized organizational and leadership development authority. She has designed and delivered presentations, residencies, training, and workshops across the United States. She has spent almost two decades building companies focused on delivering innovative approaches to leadership and organizational development. In addition to her consulting experience, Tammy has developed partnership programs for higher education and the philanthropic sector. She served as Executive Director and Chief Development Officer for affiliates of two national nonprofits. Tammy has also taught Nonprofit Management at Cambridge College, and Lesley University, as well as served as a Senior Fellow for the Boston University School of Management's Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership. Most recently, Tammy completed her six-year term as the President of the Board of Directors for TSNE MissionWorks, where she led the $64 million-dollar organization through unprecedented leadership and business model change and expansion. She also provides leadership as an Advisory Board member for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and as a Board of Director member for the Proteus Fund

Ron Carucci is co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries. He has a thirty-year track record helping executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization, and leadership. He has worked with start-ups to Fortune 10’s companies.

Ron has helped organizations articulate strategies that lead to accelerated growth, and design organizations that can execute those strategies. He has worked in more than 25 countries on 4 continents.

He is the author of 9 books, including the recent Amazon #1 Rising to Power and the forthcoming To Be Honest, Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice & Purpose.

He is also a regular contributor to Forbes, and a two-time TEDx speaker. His work’s been featured in Fortune, CEO Magazine, Inc., MSNBC, Business Week, Inc., and Fast Company.

https://tobehonest.net/#moments-of-truth

What do we know about the brain’s working, what is myth and what is on the cutting edge. Learn what is the current neuroscience thinking. Mark Waldman is the author of 14 books, including the national bestseller How God Changes Your Brain which Oprah selected as one of the nine Must Read books for 2012. Mark is on the Executive MBA faculty at Loyola Marymount University where he created one of the first NeuroLeadership programs in the country. He is also on the faculty of Holmes Institute where he teaches a ministerial training course on “Spirituality and the Brain.” His neuroscience research on consciousness, communication, and spirituality have been published in journals throughout the world. And his work has been featured in Time Magazine, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Forbes, and Oprah Magazine, and many others. He has appeared on 100s of radio and television programs, including PBS and NPR, and his TEDx Talk has been viewed by more than 100,000 people.

Josh Freedman is the CEO of the Six Seconds organization. Since 1997 they have supported 9.6 million to practice Emotional Intelligence in over 200 countries. Josh is a Master Certified Coach with ICF and a major thought leader in Emotional Intelligence. Six Seconds has created and introduced 122 books and tools, 80 assessments, and 16 certifications for EI practitioners. Six Seconds supports people and organizations to learn, measure and practice emotional intelligence. From families to schools to Fortune 500 companies, our goal is 1 billion people practicing the skills of emotional intelligence. Research links emotional intelligence to life success, including critical success factors like relationships, effectiveness, well-being, and quality of life. It's the foundation of healthy people, families, schools, communities, and organizations. Today we will highlight some of the newest collections of EI research in the 2023 Business Case for EI by Josh, Michael Miller, and Patty Freedman. www.6seconds.org

Dr. Jonathan Baktari, MD is the CEO at both e7 Health and US Drug Test Centers and the host of Baktari MD. e7 health is a preventative health and wellness company that has been called the "the Uber of preventive medicine" and was named the Best Technology Company in the Healthcare Space in 2019. US Drug Test Centers is a nationwide network of over 20,000 testing centers in the US and is revolutionizing drug and alcohol testing across the nation. Both of these groundbreaking technology companies were born out of a combination of Dr. Baktari's expertise as a doctor, medical director and educator and his over 20 years of clinical, administrative and entrepreneurial experience. A former triple board-certified physician with specialties in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, being a healthcare CEO is only the latest chapter in Dr. Baktari's life mission to help others by making integrative preventative medicine available to everyone. Dr. Baktari has always believed that helping others was the ultimate achievement in life. Now, as a business leader, sought-after speaker and podcast host, he's excited to share his expertise in preventative health, tech entrepreneurship and other topics that can't be found anywhere else.

Sally Helgesen, cited in Forbes as the world's premier expert on women's leadership, is an internationally best-selling author, speaker, and leadership coach. She has been named by Thinker's 50 as one of the world's top 50 coaches and the number one coach for women and is ranked number 5 among the world's thought leaders by Global Gurus. Sally's most recent book, How Women Rise, co-authored with Marshall Goldsmith, examines the behaviors most likely to get in the way of successful women. It became the top-seller in its field within a week of publication and rights have been sold in 19 languages. Hear the 12 behaviors that keep women stuck. Sally's next book, Rising Together: How We Can Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace, will be published in February 2023. Previous books include The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership, Female Vision: Women's Real Power at Work, and The Web of Inclusion: A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations, which is credited with bringing the language of inclusion into business. For over 30 years, Sally has delivered leadership workshops and keynotes for companies, partnership firms, and associations around the world.

Sally Helgesen, cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership, is an internationally best-selling author, speaker, and leadership coach. She has been named by Thinker’s 50 as one of the world’s top 50 coaches and the number one coach for women and is ranked number 5 among the world’s thought leaders by Global Gurus.

Sally’s most recent book, How Women Rise, co-authored with Marshall Goldsmith, examines the behaviors most likely to get in the way of successful women. It became the top-seller in its field within a week of publication and rights have been sold in 19 languages. Hear the 12 behaviors that keep women stuck. Sally’s next book, Rising Together: How We Can Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace, will be published in February 2023.

Previous books include The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership, Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, and The Web of Inclusion: A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations, which is credited with bringing the language of inclusion into business.

For over 30 years, Sally has delivered leadership workshops and keynotes for companies, partnership firms, and associations around the world.