LeaderTHRIVE

A graduate of Canada's prestigious Royal Military College, Scott McCarthy has been exposed to leadership all his life. Since he was young, Scott has sought our leadership challenges wherever he could find them and constantly succeeded.

From being a school council member when at high school to commanding Canadian Forces soldiers he has the experience level to help anyone learn about leadership. Coupled with his natural gift as a public speaker, Scott has developed into the ideal lecturer for leadership training among junior executives. 

Scott is also the host of the podcast, Moving Leadership Forward, which is downloaded by leaders around the world. Scott lives by the mantra: keep pushing, keep trying, keep moving forward...and he inspires others to do the same every day.

Larry Winget is the best branded, most recognizable speaker in the business. He has established himself as an icon in the world of personal development and self-help. You won’t find many people who don’t know or who won’t recognize him as a result of his six national bestsellers, his thousands of on-stage appearances or his many regular television appearances.

Larry was the first to be willing to take on the “positive attitude” motivational speakers and the Law Of Attraction bozos with his common sense, back to the basics approach. Larry still believes that hard work and excellence are the keys to success and communicates that like no other person on the planet can!

Larry makes you think. He makes you uncomfortable. He offers common sense solutions that are impossible to argue with. On top of all that, he is hilarious.

Elise Auxier (aux-ee-ur) is an ICF certified, professional executive and life coach and the owner of Gulfcoast Coaching in Tampa, Florida. Elise helps her clients understand and harness the power of their energy for greater leadership effectiveness.

For more than 30 years Elise has helped men and women expand their clarity, personal power and confidence. She partners with her clients to help them experience more of the life they really want. Together they illuminate what might be possible and turn it
into the achievable.

Elise coaches professional people who are hungry for higher performance, deeper engagement and more personal satisfaction and joy in their lives. People who feel both overwhelmed and underwhelmed by their lives and know that there has got to be more than this.

Ryan Cote is the Director of Digital Services and Partner at Ballantine, a third- generation direct mail and digital marketing company based out of Fairfield, NJ. With Ballantine since 2003, a family-owned business started in 1966 by his grandfather and great-uncle, Ryan now manages the growing digital marketing division.

From lead generation to marketing strategy for small businesses, Ryan and his company rise above the get-featured-quick schemes so often attributed to digital marketing. He loves to geek out on technical marketing talk as well as work with real-world business owners about growing their book of business in today’s online world.

Authors of the popular book Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work, married lawyers Andie Kramer and Al Harris have been mentoring women and speaking and writing about gender communication for more than 30 years. T

his power couple brings a unique viewpoint to both women and men looking to navigate gender bias. They are frequent keynote speakers, and conduct workshops for multinational organizations to better understand the world of gender bias.

Today they’re helping us understand that the glass ceiling still exists and what we can do to keep moving forward while working together.

Randy Pennington is a business performance veteran, award-winning author, and an expert in helping organizations deliver positive results in a world of accelerating change.

Randy has been fascinated with how great organizations and great leaders operate since he took his very first sociology and psychology classes in college. That interest grew in graduate school. And, he constantly evaluated his bosses and employers against the principles he was discovering. Randy was recruited to a boutique consulting firm at the age of 31. He became a partner and chief financial officer. Along the way, he consulted with and led organizational change efforts with Fortune 10 companies like Exxon, GE, and Procter & Gamble.

Randy opened Pennington Performance Group in 1990, and he’s been helping leaders and organizations build strong cultures and navigate change ever since.

Dynamic-Duo Lori Weir and Shari Strong are on a mission to change the world by building strong communities of strengths-focused leaders. Learn how you can grow as a high-impact leader by understanding your strengths through the StrengthsFinder assessment and leveraging your strengths every day!

Lori Weir is the founder and CEO of Relationship Architects. Relationship Architects pioneered the StrengthsGenius©curriculum, an innovative approach to organizational transformation that focuses on identifying the unique talents of individuals and teams based on the Clifton StrengthsFinder© assessment.

Shari Strong is an International Speaker, Workplace Development Consultant, and is known for her ability to get results. She ignites a new spark towards taking bold steps with new strategies on the “HOW” of adopting new ideas, adapting to change, and influencing those around them for an impact that is positive and creates results that are everlasting.

Rob Shallenberger is recognized globally as a leading authority in planning and execution. He is widely known for sharing his experience as a US fighter pilot to deliver fun, energetic, and highly impactful keynotes and seminars. Based on the National Bestselling book Becoming Your Best: The 12 principles of Highly Successful Leaders – which includes 40 years of research from peak performing companies – Rob shares powerful principles that propel teams and organizations to the top.

From the cockpit to the boardroom, Fortune 500 companies around the world have used his valuable lessons learned as a fighter pilot to ignite their teams and leaders and fuel high performance at every level.

As the CEO of Becoming Your Best Global Leadership, an award-winning leadership and corporate training company, Rob helps leaders around the world grow and lead powerful teams. He also co-hosts the popular podcast Becoming Your Best with his partner (and father) Steve Shallenberger. Together, they help listeners uncover the principles of highly successful leaders.

Lee Cockerell is the former Executive Vice President of Operations for the Walt Disney World® Resort. “As the Senior Operating Executive for ten years Lee led a team of 40,000 Cast Members and was responsible for the operations of 20 resort hotels, 4 theme parks, 2 water parks, a shopping & entertainment village and the ESPN sports and recreation complex in addition to the ancillary operations which supported the number one vacation destination in the world.”

Lee has served as Chairman of the Board of Heart of Florida United Way, the Board of Trustees for The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), the board of the Production and Operations Management Society and the board of Reptilia a Canadian attractions and entertainment company. In 2005 Governor Bush appointed Lee to the Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Public Service for the state of Florida where he served as Chairman of the Board.

He is now dedicating his time to public speaking, authoring a book on leadership, management and service excellence titled, Creating Magic…10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney. which is now available in 13 languages and his latest book, The Customer Rules…The 39 Essential Rules for Delivering Sensational Service. Lee also performs leadership and service excellence workshops and consulting for organizations around the world as well as for the Disney Institute.

On this episode of Dr. Jason Brooks Leadership Podcast: Leadership Questions and Answers, Dr. Brooks answers questions submitted by his listeners.

The focus of this episode is helping to understand one of the most important skills of a high-impact leader and how to apply this skill to your leadership..."Communication".

Let's see what Dr. Jason has to say...