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Dr. Merit Cudkowicz returns to discuss the nuances of brain health. In our last interview she shed light on clinical trials in ALS. Dr. Cudkowicz is one of the founders and former co-directors of the Northeast ALS Consortium (NEALS), a group of over 150 clinical sites in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East dedicated to performing collaborative academic-led clinical trials and research studies in ALS.

In this conversation Dr. Cudkowicz provides strategies for maintaining brain health. She also introduces ways to support research and researchers. She demystifies clinical trials and shares ways that just about anyone can partner in finding treatments and cures for brain diseases.

Summer Jelinek is back to share more of her insights on leadership. She's a best-selling author, trainer, and speaker. Her clients include some of the most notable organizations in the country.

Brain diseases are many and varied. No matter the disease, it takes a toll on the patient and their families. Walking with her husband through his dementia continues to be a trying experience for Joanna Heatwole. In this episode she shares more of her story and her coping mechanisms.

Best-selling author Summer Jelinek is back to share insights on how we can maximize our leadership potential. Listen and learn!

I haven’t had See Something…Do Something interview in quite a while. This is the series that I love because I get to feature people all around the country who saw a pressing need and then did something about it. Or, are actively doing something about it.

That’s Jeff Armstrong. He has been a tireless advocate for underserved communities throughout most of his career. He has a passion for homelessness. In his current role as Executive Director of Family Promise of the Midlands he's leading a team that is positively impacting the lives of families in their region. Listen and learn...

As I have continued in this Brain Matters series I realized that I’ve talked to physicians, scientists, and researchers. But I’ve never had a conversation with a spouse, a caregiver, of someone who has a brain disease. In this episode Joanna Heatwole shares her ongoing journey with a husband who has a brain disease.

There’s a new book that everyone needs to know about: Unlocking the Magic of Leadership: 5 Keys to Inspire Yourself, Empower Others and Drive Extraordinary Results. Summer Jelinek is the author and she’s will lead us on a journey to maximizing our leadership potential.

I’m launching a new series this Fall called Spirit at Work. We’re going to explore the nuances of integrating your faith, your spiritual life, into how you lead. There will be guests from different fields and from different faiths who will explore how they bring spirit to their work.

So many leadership theorists, scholars, and consultants like myself talk about transforming organizations, transforming leaders, transforming the world. I don’t know if we say this enough: there is no transformation without application.

This podcast focuses on application. My first question is this: Which leadership styles, practices and principles are you applying? What are you being intentional about? Understanding what you're doing, why you're doing it, and how you're doing it are all essential in creating the kind of application that can be transformative.

The most effective teams have disagreements and conflict. The way that they handle it is what matters. Remember that because a person or people disagree with you doesn’t mean that they’re against you. This podcast is all about how we handle opposition, how we manage our adversaries, the choices we make with naysayers.