What are the 8 skills necessary for situational awareness and leadership effectiveness? Brian Searcy, Col (Ret) USAF shares many great leadership principles that he learned during his distinguished military career as a decorated officer in the USAF as a commander and combat veteran. Listen as he explains the importance of situational awareness, what is needed to develop leadership skills, challenges you to creqte your own leadership philosophy.

Brian Searcy is the Founder And CEO - President Paratus Group - Keynote Speaker - Personal Skill Development - Author - Hero Club Member. He can be contacted on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briansearcy/

The Leadership Abilities that are developed allows Critical Decisions to be made in the complex dynamics of the Home, Schools, the Workplace and our Communities to both grow as leaders and to make us all safer. https://paratus.group/

Socrates said, "I know that I know not." Can philosphy help you be a better leader? YES!!! Cristina shares with us her philosphy has been around for along time and is DIRECTLY applicable to leadership in ways you may have not considered. Listen to Cristina describe how she helps business people think more deeply, more clearly and more effecively through the philosphies of Aristotle, Socrates and Voltaire to mention a few. AND she explains some of the backgound of my company name - Statarius. Her latest book - Wise Up! At Work: Manage With Calm, Navigate Obstacles, Lead The Way - https://amzn.to/31JIBmr

Would you admit you were a bad boss? David Newkirk confesses he received that feedback as a young manager. Rather than denying it (well, eventually), he embraced the negative feedback and committed to becoming a better leader. In this exposé of a leaders journey, David explains how he transitioned from a ‘results only’ manager to a leader that built personal trust, connection and awareness. To connect with David: linkedin.com/in/ethosconsults

Ever think about being an entrepreneur? Our guest started as a teenager and she has some simple advice – JUST DO IT…DON’T WAIT! Judy Sindecuse tells us you can’t become an entrepreneur by sitting around trying to think of a great idea to bring to market. Find something you are passionate about, fill a need, figure out how to make money at it and DO IT! That’s the advice of this multiple entrepreneur, mechanical engineer, Harvard law school grad and Founder/CEO of several companies including Bride and Groom Magazine, Oversees Colorworks and Printing and Redesign. Today, Judy is the CEO/Managing Partner of Capital Innovators which provides seed funding, investment opportunities, branding, talent attraction and more in the technology, consumer products, and energy-technology industries. www.capitalinnovators.com

Culture according to Dr. Mark Hinderliter is, “How we do things around here.” He tells us that we need to intentionally ‘lead’ our culture or the culture will ‘lead’ us. He tells the story of how he turned a failing culture into a winning culture by building relationships, listening and generating trust among senior executives. His message is clear: the void of good leadership, creates unclear mission and values leads to a culture of individuals doing things ‘their own way’ rather than offering ‘their part’ to help the team succeed. You can contact Mark at linkedin.com/in/markhinderliter or check out his website at thirdwayinc.com

Holly Duckworth – Mindfulness and leadership guru talks about how APPLIED MINDFULNESS can help us be a better leader, better person and enjoy life more. She gives us a simple mindfulness exercise everyone can do today…but you’ll have to listen to hear what it is. She strives to ask leaders ‘the perfect question’ that might help reduce stress and balance the Heart & Head. Being from the land of Nike (where she grew up) she says, “Just Do It and Keep Going!” Her message: be grateful, recognize the good and be mindful of the words you use. LeadershipSolutionsInternational.com hollyduckworth.com

You will want to listen to the very end to hear Dr. Jeffrey Magee explain the ‘trajectory code’ and how it helps individuals, leaders and parents stay on course at work and in life. Dr. Magee has been called one of today’s leading global Talent & Business Development Advisers in the areas of “Leadership & Sales.” He's the author of more than 30-books, 4-college text books, 4-best sellers, and is the Publisher of PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE Magazine. ProfessionalPerformanceMagazine.com

Dr. Jeffrey Magee will candidly talk about the struggles of recruiting national guard soldiers, developing sales leaders and cultivation business executives for now and the future. Hear his comments on leadership egos, blind leading the blind and why 70% of our workforce is disengaged or actively disengaged from work. JeffreyMagee.com

It is difficult to describe this guest so let this summary be a start – Mother & wife, Award winning community Leader, Author of three children’s books, Lawyer, Business-Person, YouTube TEDx Speaker AND a Birth Doula…Deanna Singh vast experiences working with both profit and non-profit organizations offers some insights in the similarities of these seemingly different cultures. Both need to manage the bottom line, both need to include and engage the people, and both need exceptional leadership to survive and thrive. Her book Purposeful Hustle can help you direct your life’s work and purpose. You can contact Deanna Singh at DeannaSingh.com or find her on LinkedIn or Instagram.

What do Leading and Negotiation have in common? LOTS!!! Greg Williams is The Master Negotiator & Body Language Expert, a Certified Speaking Professional with the National Speakers Association a Harvard trained negotiator and TV News Contributor who assists organizations in enhancing their bottom line through heightened negotiation skills. TheMasterNegotiator.com

He teaches negotiators the fine points of reading body language to obtain insights into nonverbal signals conveyed during a negotiation. These same insights are very useful for us leaders when communicating with others, trying ot be clear with expectations while being empathetic to the feelings of others…in others words…offering a balance of compassionate accountability. TheMasterNegotiator.com

Tina Greenbaum adapted her work training Olympic-level athletes, actors, dancers, and performers and applies it to business and government leaders. She calls herself a ‘thera-coach’ helping executives be better leaders, especially under pressure…her business name is Mastery Under Pressure (masteryunderpressure.com). She explains how she uses her vast experience as a licensed psychotherapist and high-performance coach to raise the effectiveness of business leaders. In fact, I think I was ‘thera-coached’ on the program. She did this so adeptly that I felt better, solved a problem and didn’t even know she was helping. It was easy, natural AND effective. Listen to Tina as she shares what gets in our way and what to do about it to be better peoples and better leaders. masteryunderpressure.com