LeaderTHRIVE

Brian Dodd is a leadership blogger, podcaster, author, and expert extraordinaire. His objective is to add value to leaders and provide perspective, encouragement, and solutions to the issues they face daily.

Brian’s “day job” is Director of New Ministry Relationships for Injoy Stewardship Solutions where he helps churches fully-fund their mission and vision.

During the past three years, the readership of his website, www.briandoddonleadership.com, has grown to over 50,000 readers per month and he was named by Inc. Magazine as one of the Top 100 Speakers on Leadership. His first book, The 10 Indispensable Practices Of The 2-Minute Leader, provides practical steps to grow your leadership effectiveness starting now. Brian has recently released his second book, Timeless: 10 Enduring Practices of Apex Leaders.

Over the past 25 years Steven Morris has been a leader and innovator in the brand strategy, marketing and creative industries. He has built his company, Mth Degree, to be a purpose-driven, brand strategy consultancy and co-founded The Studio / Leadership Experiences Through Artistry.

He’s worked with more than 250 companies and 2,000 business leaders ranging from brands in consumer products, consumer electronics, education, government, non-profit, sports and entertainment.

Steven has also written and published two books, including Brand Love and Loyalty and Humanizing the Customer Journey Steven has been a speaker at numerous national and international conferences on design, branding, leadership and innovation topics.

He has also taught branding and design at Salisbury State University, San Diego State University and San Diego City College.

Halelly Azulay is on a mission to help leaders and managers become the kind of leader people actually want to follow (and successfully keep their good people) and to communicate in a way that gets heard and builds trust.

As a leadership and communication skills expert with 20+ years of experience, she’s helped tens of thousands of leaders and employees in all sectors to develop their people skills and become better communicators, better leaders, and better team members. Her goal is to help as many people as possible maximize their potential and grow their talent at work.

She’s also a ‘born-again networker’ – meaning that although she used to hate networking and avoid it like the plague, she learned how to redefine networking and leverage it to build and grow my credibility, visibility, and brand.

Halelly is the author of two books, Employee Development on a Shoestring (published by ATD, the world’s leading professional association for the talent development industry) and Strength to Strength: How Working from Your Strengths Can Help You Lead a More Fulfilling Life and publishes a weekly leadership podcast called The TalentGrow Show (now into its fourth year!).

As a CPA, Alex Vorobieff spent years cleaning up the financial messes of companies. He quickly began to see that the problems that drained into the “accounting sewer” were merely symptoms of a larger dysfunction within the company. But what was the root cause?

In his book, Transform Your Company, Vorobieff distills the lessons he has learned during his two decades coaching and consulting with frustrated business owners, bringing clarity to chaos for companies such as aerospace manufacturers, hospitality companies, healthcare providers, real estate developers, clothing retailers, and food product innovators, among others. Many of the business owners he’s worked with have cited the same problems: unproductive meetings, email hell, and spending all of their time fighting fires.

Owning a business is supposed to give you the freedom to live life on your terms, but instead many business owners find themselves with recurring business nightmares and dreading Monday mornings. They feel they are stuck in a circle of frustration. In Transform Your Company, Vorobieff introduces “business alignment tools”—a set of blueprints for building your business from the inner core.

Danny Nelms is President at The Work Institute, co-writer of The Why Factor: Winning With Workforce Intelligence, and a highly sought after public speaker, Danny Nelms is an agent of change and an expert in helping companies forge new directions that improve business results.

As an agent of change, a thought leader, an expert in helping companies forge new directions that improve business results and over 20 years of experience in leading in a variety of businesses, Danny influences corporate culture and human capital initiatives in areas including organizational improvement and effectiveness, leadership development, performance expectation, talent acquisition, executive coaching, succession planning, and mergers and acquisitions.

His proven track record in successfully managing teams in both human resources and corporate services, as well as his successes in aligning organizational strategies to achieve business objectives have made him a popular choice on the speaking circuit.

His insight into human capital dynamics of an organization based on sound data-driven research uniquely positions Danny to provide valuable recommendations for the challenges that organizations face and allows him to provide companies with the tools they need to successfully manage organizational improvement.

Steve Cockram is dedicated to empowering the leader in everyone. He is an international speaker, author, and consultant to top-level executives and leaders around the world. He is a subject matter expert on personality and wiring, organizational leadership, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal communication.

Steve is the co-founder of GiANT Worldwide, a global leadership consultancy. He is also co-author of the books 5 Gears and 5 Voices. Steve’s passion for leaders, team communication, change management and work/life balance is clearly echoed through his books, speaking and executive consulting.

He is coach to a number of CEOs and is a sought after speaker both in the US and in his native UK. He inspires audiences to create better organizations through his heart-level stories, use of humor and expertise in human interactions.

Steve has been married to Helen for 24 years, during which time they have lived in 12 different houses on two continents. They are now living back in the UK in Gerrards Cross, London with their three girls.

On this episode of Jason Brooks Leadership Podcast, Dr. Jason talks with Mark Goblowsky. Mark is an Air Force veteran, career martial arts professional, author, podcaster, and entrepreneur. He is on a mission to help others to overcome the obstacles in their life based on his own life experiences. Abuse, Violence, Abandonment...and that was just in his first six years.

His biggest challenge however, came as a father 11 years ago when his 31⁄2 year old son was the victim of a devastating hit-and-run collision with two semi-trucks, leaving him with Traumatic Brain Injury.

Mark believes the capacity of the human spirit is powerful enough to overcome any challenge in life. He’s here to help others discover not just how, but that they too have what it takes.

On this episode, Dr. Jason talks with Dr. James Kelly. Dr. Kelley, author of The Crucible’s Gift: 5 Lessons from Authentic Leaders Who Thrive in Adversity, brings a fresh perspective to leadership coaching and keynotes. His journey from a humble home in Portland, Oregon to earning his PhD and living near Dubai with his wife and four children is full of adversity.

James also has a keen interest in the adversity that shapes great leaders around the world. Whether it’s on his podcast Executives After Hours or giving a keynote speech at a conference, James loves to dive deep and share stories of how and why leaders need crucible moments to be a better version of the themselves.

James believes that his unique journey filled with ups and downs, twists and turns, and a driving curiosity, equips him to bring great value to the world of executive leadership.

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 "What is leadership?" Questions answered are:

• What is leadership?
• What are some of the key traits of successful leaders?
• Can leadership be learned?
• What motivated you to start this podcast?

Send your questions for Dr. Jason to answer at www.DrJasonBrooks.com

Sarah Beckman graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism/Advertising. While staying home with her kids, she was also a “professional volunteer” at her church for over 15 years. She’s led Women’s and Evangelism Ministries, Marriage classes, Bible studies, and church-wide programs.

Since 2007, Sarah has been pursuing her calling as a professional speaker. She speaks to audiences across the country sharing her passion for loving people well. Her topics including: loving your neighbor, sharing your faith, safeguarding your marriage and digging up your talents.

Sarah writes a blog at sarahbeckman.org, and has written her first book titled, Alongside:A Practical Guide for Loving Your Neighbor in their Time of Trial. (Released February, 2017) Sarah is also a Certified Communications Coach at the SCORRE™ Conference, where she relishes in continually improving her craft and teaching others to become more powerful and focused communicators.

Married to Craig over 24 years and a mother to 3 teenagers, Sarah currently resides in Albuquerque, NM. Her life is made richer with family, friends, coffee, sailing, hiking and travel.