In this episode, Clint has a conversation with Brian Zimmerman, the CEO of Cleveland Metroparks. During their chat, the two discuss leadership strategies in a remote work environment, the importance of focusing on the long game in problem-solving, and the keys to putting together an award-winning team. Plus, Brian shares his personal experience of overseeing crowded golf courses and the birth of a baby gorilla during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This week, Clint has a conversation with author, L. David Marquet. David is a top graduate of the US Naval Academy, commanded the nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe and now works with businesses nationwide as a leadership consultant. Since retiring from the Navy, he’s written two books, “Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Leaders Into Followers” and “Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say — and What You Don't.” On the podcast, David discusses the importance of teams using resilient language instead of inherently fragile language, the reason leadership styles from the industrial revolution don't work today, and why collaborating effectively results in commitment.

Clint wraps up his conversation with Bob Chapman, the Chairman & CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, a capital equipment and engineering consulting firm with nearly 8,000 team members worldwide. In part two, Bob discusses the power of building teamwork and creating a sense of oneness and why it’s the responsibility of every executive, to know where you’re going, why you want to go there.

This week Clint has a conversation with Bob Chapman, the CEO of manufacturing technology supplier, Barry-Wehmiller, and the author of the bestseller Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family. In part one, Bob discusses the privilege of leadership and how he realized that business could be the most powerful force for good in the world.

Find out why the best negotiators are prepared, persistent, and creative as Clint wraps up his conversation with Dr. Joshua N. Weiss.  Joshua is a negotiation expert and the co-founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard and in part two of the podcast, he discusses how to say no effectively, the importance of assertiveness in negotiations, and how to achieve success when negotiating cross-culturally.

This week, Clint has a conversation with Dr. Joshua N. Weiss, a negotiation and conflict resolution expert and the co-founder of a negotiation program at Harvard University. Joshua has designed and facilitated customized negotiation and conflict resolution solutions for businesses, organizations, governments, and more. In part one, Joshua shares the positives and negatives of text-based communications, how to set goals while negotiating and why it's so hard to say no.

Clint concludes his conversation with Richard Boyatzis, one of the world's leading experts in leadership development and emotional intelligence. In part two, Richard shares why managers need multiple leadership styles and how people can develop emotional intelligence, build resonance, and renew themselves.

This week Clint has a conversation with Richard Boyatzis, a Distinguished University Professor of Case Western Reserve University. He is one of the world's leading experts in leadership development and emotional intelligence. Richard's research on human behavior has revolutionized management education and helped create a new industry of consultants, researchers, and coaches. In part one, Richard talks about why leadership and management is so difficult, why we're hardwired to pick up the emotions of others and why people chase the wrong things when they try to reduce the amount of stress in their life.

Clint concludes his conversation with Dr. Timothy R. Clark, the founder of LeaderFactor. Dr. Clark works with leading organizations across industry, and advises a number executive teams on large-scale change and transformation, building cultures that innovate, high potential programs, and succession planning. In part two, Tim discusses why it's courageous to be vulnerable, why we need to appreciate and protect each other's differences, the importance of rewarding the effort not the answer, and why you should behave until you believe.

This week, Clint has a conversation with researcher, author and speaker Dr. Timothy R. Clark, the founder of LeaderFactor. In part one, Tim shares how leaders can build psychological safety in their organizations by creating an environment of rewarded vulnerability, why Google’s Project Aristotle is one of the most important team performance studies over the past decade, why half of employees will reduce their productivity when psychological safety is low, and how he defines respect.