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Whether or not your career trajectory targets a seat in the C-suite, the leadership principles that can get there remain the same.

There is more to workspace than just a desk and a chair, or so says Scott Hazard, VP & Global Head of Real Estate & Workplace Experience at Atlassian. Psychology, emotions, & a sense of professionalism are also key ingredients.

When times are tough, great leaders get optimistic. You read that right! There is nothing quite like remaining calm, collected, and upbeat when the chips are down. Words matter, as does demeanor, and leading through crisis can mitigate any compounding negativity when bright spots are clearly identified, communicated and celebrated.

What do processes, products, projects and people all have in common? They each require varying degrees of quality management. Data quality, performance testing, development sprints - each of these terms tend to be incredibly familiar to leaders working in a technical environment, but tend to get pushed out of many strategic discussions because of their operational or tactical orientation. But beware overlooking the importance of these critical factors say Rozelle Cawthorn, a long-time consultant and Director of Quality and Configuration Management. He joins co-hosts Brian Comerford and Nick Lozano to discuss what it takes in terms of organizational discipline, divisional leadership, and agile principles to make this tough practice happen seamlessly behind-the-scenes.

Brian and Nick celebrate two years of Lead.exe

Strategic planning is for some where all the fun is, and for others, an obstacle to be overcome. In this episode, co-hosts Brian Comerford and Nick Lozano discuss some of their own tips for creating nimble strategy and meaningful objectives. Above it all, the theme of knowing your destination and determining the route to get there is one of the simple keystones to setting strategy.

A lot has been said about the importance of good communication - so why does it need to keep being re-stated? Apparently it's human nature to "tune-out" to listening to what others are saying, just as much as it is to "over-assume" your message is heard & understood

Human-Centered Design (HCD) put - you guessed it - Humans, right at the center of the perspective in all steps of the problem-solving process. As a framework, it has served as the basis of what is now commonly called Experience Design, popularly buzz-phrased with the CX (or Client Experience) tag. So what is "Human-Centered Leadership"? For the answer to that question, join co-hosts Brian Comerford & Nick Lozano as they discuss this new leadership framework with Peter Lynch - author of "The Ugly Advantage", global TEDx speaker, and People & Culture fixer-upper. Just follow the _inukshuk_, linked here.

Customer Journey + CRM Data + Sales/Service LifeCycle + Brand Identity x Client Experience = Marketing Science. Or so says entrepreneur and data scientist Jason Pierce, founder of the company bearing that same name, having just passed its first decade of service to organizations across every industry type and operational demographic. At the heart of it all? Questions, listenership, & story-telling. Join co-hosts Brian Comerford & Nick Lozano as they explore topics related to analytics strategy, brand management, Google Ads, web presence, custom authoring, startup hurdles, and how to thrive during challenging economic times - believe it or not, among many other subjects - in this jam-packed informational episode with an executive leader who maintains Ironman triathletics as his sideline

Join co-hosts Brian Comerford and Nick Lozano in this special edition of >Lead.exe_ as they hit two milestones: two guests, Roxanne Kaufman Elliott and Peter Margaritis liven up the chatter at the same time the program streams live across four social media platforms.