Leadership Lab with Dr. Patrick Leddin

A recruiter turned Career Coach and Talent Development Consultant, Latesha Byrd helps clients navigate the workplace, and companies build safe spaces where inclusivity & equity thrive. Latesha joins Patrick to talk about personal branding and rebranding, mentorship, and authentic allyship in the workplace. Learn more about Latesha and her work at http://LateshaByrd.com

Julian Guthrie loves a great underdog story. She wrote about underdogs in her 20+ year journalism career and continues to do so as she cranks out one NYT’s bestseller after another. Her bestselling books include Alpha Girls, Good Blood, How to Build a Spaceship, and The Billionaire and the Mechanic. She and Patrick discuss leadership lessons that she’s learned from a career of writing about and interviewing some of the most well known leaders in the world.

Last March, when COVID-19 was pushing the limits of the healthcare community, Ben Schecter was inspired by their sacrifice. He co-founded Feed the Front Line, a non-profit that buys meals from local restaurants struggling to cope with COVID-19 restrictions and delivers them to front line healthcare workers. He joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to discuss how looking beyond yourself can cause you to see the needs of those around you, challenge you to take action, and allow you to find true meaning.

Dr. Allison Schrager is an economist, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, contributing editor at City Journal, and co-founder of Life Cycle Finance Partners. She joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to talk about risk, studying negotiation in a brothel, and watching the COVID-19 pandemic unfold. Learn more about Allison at www.allisonschrager.com.

Dr. Paul Corona is a clinical professor of leadership in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the author of The Wisdom of Walk-Ons: 7 Winning Strategies for College, Business and Life. He joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to share the importance of being pragmatic in difficult times, taking care of your whole self, and finding ways to help others.

Jeff Harry joins Patrick in the lab to explore how teams and organizations can create opportunities for their people to tap into their true selves, jumpstart creativity, and unleash innovation by bringing play to their work. Learn more about Jeff at www.rediscoveryourplay.com

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Kevin Daley joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab. Together they share four of their favorite leadership lessons from the first 71 episodes.

Highlighted in this podcast are episodes 7 (Stephen M.R. Covey), 43 (Ryan Berman), 44 (Dorie Clark), and 61 (Charles Donnell).

Jamie Leddin joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab. Together they share four of their favorite leadership lessons from the first 71 episodes. 

Highlighted in this podcast are episodes 40 (Dolly Chugh), 45 (Patrick Lencioni), 57 (Patty McCord), and 65 (Chester Elton).

Margie Warrell is a speaker, coach, author, and women's leadership advocate. She's the author of 5 books including, most recently, "You've Got This! The Life-changing Power of Trusting Yourself". She joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to talk about courage, caution, and guarantees. You can find out more about Margie at margiewarrell.com

Daniel Harkavy has been coaching business leaders to peak levels of performance, efficacy, and fulfillment for more than twenty-five years. In 1996 he founded Building Champions, where he serves as CEO and Executive Coach. Daniel and his team of coaches have worked with thousands of clients and organizations to improve the way they lead and live.

Daniel is a bestselling author and his most recent book is "The 7 Perspectives of Effective Leaders".