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TODAY’S GUEST IS: LT. COL. DAVE GROSSMAN, US Army (Ret.) Director of KILLOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP - He’s an award winning author who has published four novels, two children’s books, and six “non-fiction” books including “perennial best seller” ON KILLING (with over 1M copies sold, and now translated into 7 languages). He’s also a New York Times best selling author with Glenn Beck. His books are “required” or “recommended” reading in all four branches of the US military as well as local, state and federal enforcement academies.

Ayana Parham is one of the youngest Chiefs of Staff for FBI Head Quarters, Washington DC. She holds several advanced degrees including completing her Coaching Certification. As the new mother of a young child, she will share her personal perspectives on what she feels may be critical to raising a bold black leader in today’s rapidly evolving world.

Join us to learn what traits Ayana believes are key and how one mother plans on sharing history with her son.

To find out more about Drs. Greenberg and Nadler, go to https://emotionalbrilliance.com/academy.

Why are some people magnetic, confident, comfortable in their skin, and in charge of their destinies? What's their secret? In a word: Swagger. Our guest Leslie Ehm will show you how to unlock and unleash your personal brand of it in her book. It is part guidebook, part manifesto, a little sweary and completely inspiring, Swagger shatters the myths around "fake it 'til you make it," shows you how to record over negative mental tapes, and challenge the preconceptions of what you "should" and "shouldn't" do. Former TV host and advertising Creative Director turned training guru, Leslie Ehm has spent decades traveling the globe with her award-winning company Combustion, working with executives and teams from top organizations like Google, Disney, Pepsico, and more. She's turned technologists into creative forces, bankers into storytellers, and has brought a serious dose of badass-ness to boardrooms everywhere.

JP is the CEO of boomtime. He has over 30 years of experience in marketing, digital strategy, and product management for companies ranging from startups to global brands such as Madison Square Garden, General Mills, DFS Group Ltd., Johnson & Johnson, and National Geographic. JP has worked for or helped companies in both the B2C and the B2B sectors and founded three digital strategy and marketing agencies after working for many years on the corporate side of marketing. JP's passions are analytics, digital products, and creating the right strategy at the right time for the right audience. Boomtime is a B2B marketing company. The Boomtime team created a new approach to marketing, one that fuses technology and expertise together to deliver marketing-as-a-service for B2B and law firms at scale. It helps companies do agency quality website design, LinkedIn campaigns, word of mouth marketing, mailbox mining, and legal marketing as some of their services.

"It is people, not things, who nurture our souls." Character is the root of leadership. A leader of character must establish a culture of trust. A leader grows trust by trusting others first, providing a vision, displaying integrity, leading by example, and sincerely caring about others. A leader must have more than values and principles. Join us for a fresh look at Character, Competence, and Resilience with author General John Gronski (recently retired) for insights into his forthcoming book, Iron Sharpened Leadership, Fidelis Publishing/Oley North. John Gronski is a proven combat leader with over forty years' service in the United States Army including active duty and is a nonresident fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis. John is a leadership and peak performance expert, motivational storyteller, and a much sought-after speaker and leadership seminar leader. Go to [email protected].

Our emotions are heightened now with the what if's from the Coronavirus. How many of us know how and what to do with these emotions? Emotions influence our decisions, communications, and relationships. In this show, Drs. Greenberg and Nadler will share their model for Emotional Brilliance, the NAME process, and explain what is your Go To with examples of leaders doing amazing things during the COVID 19 pandemic.

Cathy and Relly will share research from Indeed with 319 U.S. employers and how COVID 19 will impact work and hiring. The pandemic is still raging on. Vaccines are being distributed slowly. New highly contagious strains of the virus are spreading worldwide and all impacting work. More employers plan to add remote work options, too, with increased empathy for workers' daily challenges. All told, major changes are here to stay, and employers think the future looks brighter. In fact, over one-fourth (27%) plan to hire at higher volumes than before the pandemic, and 20% anticipate hiring at the same, pre-COVID rates. Only 10% predict continuing hiring freezes, and a mere 4% think they will lay off employees this year. Although some research says only 16% of firms across the US say they will be giving a financial raise to associates in 2021. Will you qualify for a financial raise or just receive praise? What should you focus on to get a raise and be your best at work?

The first full week of the New Year has sent all of us spinning with the unthinkable DC riots and the breaking in of the Capital with our leaders hiding for their life in lockdown. Government officials have called it an "unprecedented terrorist attack." Five people have died and many people are in disbelief that this is happening in the United States. What are some of the key virtues leaders can renew to center themselves and their direct reports and their organizations? We always say the leader is the "emotional thermostat" for others. How do you reset yourself so the temperature, culture, and environment can regulate to deal with external chaos, a pandemic on fire, and the uncertainties of your people? As a leader what do we know about the behaviors and values that leaders can use to navigate the most trying time for most of us in our careers. Emotions are teeming for all of us and your people are relying on you for some sanity and hope.

The first full week of the New Year has sent all of us spinning with the unthinkable DC riots and the breaking in of the Capital with our leaders hiding for their life in lockdown. Government officials have called it an "unprecedented terrorist attack." Five people have died and many people are in disbelief that this is happening in the United States. What are some of the key virtues leaders can renew to center themselves and their direct reports and their organizations? We always say the leader is the "emotional thermostat" for others. How do you reset yourself so the temperature, culture, and environment can regulate to deal with external chaos, a pandemic on fire, and the uncertainties of your people? As a leader what do we know about the behaviors and values that leaders can use to navigate the most trying time for most of us in our careers. Emotions are teeming for all of us and your people are relying on you for some sanity and hope.

How do we handle a COVID Holiday? This holiday time is full of high expectations and we are often let down. Why do we become our worst selves during the holidays? There are four reasons why this happens and four actions to go from holiday hurts to happiness, which we will highlight. Today 42.6% of us in the US are feeling either anxiety or depression because of COVID consequences. Now with the holidays here our emotions are even more intense. Add in loneliness, sadness, boredom, isolation, irritability, and more alcohol and drug use into the emotional cocktail from 9 months living with COVID. It's a recipe for feeling empty, unfulfilled, and more depressed and hijacked where we become our worst version of ourselves? As we are limping forward to a hopeful happy time; is easy to project our disappointment on others. So, what are Four Holidays actions from Hijacks to Happiness to best manage this time? Join Cathy and Relly to explore tools to be more brilliant.