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Join our special guest, Col. Thomas J. Williams, to learn how the US Army War College, the nation's most prestigious institute of it's kind, develops healthy, balanced leaders for volatile, uncertain, chaotic and often ambiguous times (called VUCA). Col. Williams, PhD is in the Medical Service Corps serving as the Director, Army Physical Fitness Research Institute and Director, Leadership Feedback Program, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA. Formerly Chair, Department of Psychology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., he subsequently served as the Command Psychologist, 902d Military Intelligence Group, Fort Meade, MD, supporting strategic counterintelligence and counterespionage programs worldwide. Col. Williams consulted to the CIA's Damage Assessment Team of former FBI agent and convicted spy, Robert Hanssen and has supported Special Operations Command including Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Join our special guest, Col. Thomas J. Williams, to learn how the US Army War College, the nation’s most prestigious institute of it’s kind, develops healthy, balanced leaders for volatile, uncertain, chaotic and often ambiguous times (called VUCA). Col. Williams, PhD is in the Medical Service Corps serving as the Director, Army Physical Fitness Research Institute and Director, Leadership Feedback Program, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA. Formerly Chair, Department of Psychology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., he subsequently served as the Command Psychologist, 902d Military Intelligence Group, Fort Meade, MD, supporting strategic counterintelligence and counterespionage programs worldwide. Col. Williams consulted to the CIA’s Damage Assessment Team of former FBI agent and convicted spy, Robert Hanssen and has supported Special Operations Command including Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Bea Fields is an Executive Coach and the President of Bea Fields Companies, Inc. and the Founder of Five Star Leader Coaching and Training. She specializes in Leadership and Team Coaching for high growth companies, non-profit organizations and medium-sized businesses. Fields is the chief principal of The Gen Y Project and is the co-author of Edge: A Leadership Story and Millennial Leaders: Success Stories from Today's Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders. She has served on the Board of Directors for the University of North Carolina Children`s Hospital, Episcopal Day School in Southern Pines, NC and the Moore County Chamber of Commerce in North Carolina. She is the parent of 3 Generation Y young adults. Since 1998, Bea has been working with Emerging Leaders, those men and women who are transitioning from being a great manager or business owner into being a very significant leader in their organizations or communities

Bea Fields is an Executive Coach and the President of Bea Fields Companies, Inc. and the Founder of Five Star Leader Coaching and Training. She specializes in Leadership and Team Coaching for high growth companies, non-profit organizations and medium-sized businesses. Fields is the chief principal of The Gen Y Project and is the co-author of Edge: A Leadership Story and Millennial Leaders: Success Stories from Today’s Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders. She has served on the Board of Directors for the University of North Carolina Children`s Hospital, Episcopal Day School in Southern Pines, NC and the Moore County Chamber of Commerce in North Carolina. She is the parent of 3 Generation Y young adults.

Since 1998, Bea has been working with Emerging Leaders, those men and women who are transitioning from being a great manager or business owner into being a very significant leader in their organizations or communities

As co-founder of the Human Performance Institute, Dr. Jim Loehr has worked with hundreds of world-class performers from the arenas of business, sport, medicine, and law enforcement including Fortune 100 executives, FBI Hostage Rescue Teams, and Army Special Forces. He is the author of several books on mental and physical training for peak performance, including the Power of Full Engagement (2003) and "Power of Story", which we will focus on today. Dr. Loehr's ground-breaking, science-based energy management training system has achieved world-wide recognition and has been chronicled in leading national publications including the Harvard Business Review, Business Week, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, Success, Fast Company and Omni. He has appeared on NBC's Today Show, ABC's Nightline withTed Koppel, The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and CBS Morning News and the OprahWinfrey Show. Dr. Loehr possesses a masters and doctorate in psychology. Come listen and learn about your story.

As co-founder of the Human Performance Institute, Dr. Jim Loehr has worked with hundreds of world-class performers from the arenas of business, sport, medicine, and law enforcement including Fortune 100 executives, FBI Hostage Rescue Teams, and Army Special Forces. He is the author of several books on mental and physical training for peak performance, including the Power of Full Engagement (2003) and “Power of Story”, which we will focus on today.

Dr. Loehr’s ground-breaking, science-based energy management training system has achieved world-wide recognition and has been chronicled in leading national publications including the Harvard Business Review, Business Week, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, Success, Fast Company and Omni. He has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Nightline withTed Koppel, The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and CBS Morning News and the OprahWinfrey Show.

Dr. Loehr possesses a masters and doctorate in psychology. Come listen and learn about your story.

LESLIE MORGAN STEINER is the editor of the LA Times bestselling Mommy Wars and writes "On Balance," the popular daily Washington Post on-line column about working motherhood. She is a frequent national television and radio guest on NBC's Today Show, The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio, MSNBC, Fox News, and other programs. Steiner holds a BA in English from Harvard College and is a successful corporate executive with twenty years of marketing experience at Leo Burnett, Johnson & Johnson, and The Washington Post, where she was general manager. Leslie shares her many insights on the subject of internal struggles gained as a writer, a mother and an executive in her own right. Learn more from Leslie Morgan Steiner in today's program including the subject of her new book, Crazy Love.

LESLIE MORGAN STEINER is the editor of the LA Times bestselling Mommy Wars and writes “On Balance,” the popular daily Washington Post on-line column about working motherhood. She is a frequent national television and radio guest on NBC’s Today Show, The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio, MSNBC, Fox News, and other programs. Steiner holds a BA in English from Harvard College and is a successful corporate executive with twenty years of marketing experience at Leo Burnett, Johnson & Johnson, and The Washington Post, where she was general manager. Leslie shares her many insights on the subject of internal struggles gained as a writer, a mother and an executive in her own right. Learn more from Leslie Morgan Steiner in today’s program including the subject of her new book, Crazy Love.

Father Mike is Director Office of Community Relations Catholic Archdiocese of Camden NJ, and the founder of Discovery House Ministries. In 2013, The Philadelphia Division of the FBI honored Monsignor Michael T. Mannion for his efforts to educate youth about substance abuse and violence and for his assistance to the local FBI's community outreach program. Working with the U.S. Marshals Service, Father Mike assisted with the organization's Fugitive Safe Surrender Program. The successful program encouraged the city's most violent predators to surrender to Father Mike due to his collaborative efforts with law enforcement. Father often volunteers as a chaplain to both the FBI Philadelphia Division but also to many community and law enforcement organizations. He supports the division's youth and employee assistance programs, providing information on substance abuse, suicide prevention, grief, addiction, and strategic urban community leadership. Learn more about Father Mike in today's show!

Join best selling author Ariane de Bonvoisin as she shares her secrets from her book "The First 30 Days". So why focus on the first thirty days? Ariane de Bonvoisin says despite the change — be it unpredictable or self-propelled — the first few days and weeks are often the hardest, most emotional time. It's when we have the most questions, emotions, doubts and fears, and when decisions need to be made. This is also the time when we are most in need of direction, information and support. Thirty days is enough to get started in the right way. We'll share what makes change easier and why some people get through change better than others.