No Bad Bosses

Eric Swanson has a passion for engaging churches worldwide in the needs and dreams of their communities toward the end of spiritual and societal transformation. He served with Cru for twenty-five years before joining Tango, an investment and tech company that focuses on technology that enhance wellness, relationships and spirituality. For the past 15 years Eric has also worked with Leadership Network where he has lead initiatives for externally focused churches, global missions, marriage ministry, and ministry creativity. He is an adjunct professor at Denver Seminary and is co-author of four books including The Externally Focused Church and To Transform a City: Whole Church, Whole Gospel, Whole City along with numerous articles on churches that are transforming their communities.

John Jackson is President of William Jessup University, a Christian college in Northern California. Prior to joining William Jessup University as its Sixth President in March 2011, John served as the Executive Director of Thriving Churches International and as a Senior Leader of Bayside Church, Granite Bay, California.

Marcus Bigelow has 20 years of experience in leadership and organizational coaching. He has helped hundreds of senior leaders and entrepreneurs maximize their leadership. As a Northern California / Sacramento Chair of Convene, he motivates and mentors CEOs, presidents, and business owners to increase their leadership impact, become better leaders, and grow their profitability through peer-to-peer collaboration and one-to-one coaching.

Ken Pense provides consulting and coaching to high impact individuals and teams who are looking for deep and sustainable change. In addition Ken partners with other change management organizations, both for-profit and non-profit, with a focus on assesseing, adjusting and aligning organizational culture, values and mission.

In May 2016, Ken has added Six Seconds EQ Assessment Certification to his tool box. Much research has demonstrated that emotional intelligence is the most important factor in determining individual and organizatinal performance, far outweighing IQ and technical abilities in impact.

An avid photographer, Ken holds to the tried and true adage, the best camera is the one at hand.

LaRae Quy was an FBI counterintelligence and undercover agent who exposed foreign spies and recruited them to work for the U.S. Government. A good FBI counterintelligence investigation uncovers new information about the spy to gain deeper insights into what influences their behavior and attitudes. LaRae’s job was to dig beneath the surface, probe the unknown, and discover their identity. In the process, she ended up knowing more about the foreign spy than they knew about themselves.

LaRae was born and raised on a cattle ranch in Wyoming where she learned many of the survival skills she would need as an FBI agent. After twenty years as an undercover and counterintelligence agent, LaRae became the spokesperson for the FBI in Northern California for four years. Although the job description had changed, she used the same set of communication skills to present both a compelling message and positive image of the FBI.

LaRae now works as a writer and executive coach. Learn more at www.laraequy.com.

John Wilson is a principal at Trek Networks and has been a technology consultant for over 20 years in various organizations.

John Pearson is a management and board governance consultant and author of Mastering the Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for Leading Your Business or Nonprofit (order from Amazon or at www.ManagementBuckets.com). Mike Pate is Executive Director of Transformational Ministries Camping.

Mike and Sherrie Estep are the husband and wife team behind BECA, a technology solutions and services firm located in Norcross, Georgia. BECA has been serving Georgia since 1975, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

David Romig is President of The Computer Solution Company and has been since 1991. He has also been a consultant on the John Maxwell Team since 2011 and very much enjoys taking lessons from coaching in sports and implementing them business.

A veteran of Human Resources technology for over 20 years, Gord has held senior executive roles at some of the HR technology industry’s leading vendors including Monster, Taleo, Verve, and SuccessFactors (later acquired by SAP). Gord was an early employee at Taleo (acquired by Oracle), joining in North America and part of the founding team of Taleo Asia Pacific. Prior to Taleo, Gord was the first International hire at Monster and went on to advise Monster and its parent company, TMP, on global partnerships, strategic sales and acquisitions. Gord possesses a deep understanding of HR technologies and global practices and is passionate on emerging trends in this space.

Gord has lived and worked throughout the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and holds directorships in organizations across Asia, Canada and the US. He frequently speaks at a variety of events and conferences on topics such as The Future of Work, Innovation in Human Resources, and Building the Workplace of the Future.

Currently based in Canada's Technology Triangle (Waterloo, Ontario) with his wife and two daughters, he has co-founded a new Global HR Platform, with offices in the US, Canada, India, and Hong Kong.

Rob is back again after some of the audio issues in episode 29, and he's brought some great new stories about his company, Intivix, a managed services provider in the SF Bay Area, and their new venture MyWorkDrive! MyWorkDrive is a security and privacy focused file-sharing tool designed to make it easier to access, edit, and share files within your organization.

Rob is a Partner at Intivix and is responsible for strategy, account management and operational leadership. Rob was previously responsible for analyzing, evaluating and ranking various technologies and devices for computing magazines such as Computer Shopper, MacUser, PC Computing, and Windows Sources.

Learn more at https://www.intivix.com/ and https://www.myworkdrive.com