The Dov Barron Show

There's a good chance that you are sick of people regurgitating the next cool thing. Things like; we have to be more transparent, more vulnerable, more diverse, more inclusive, and yes, we’ve got to lean into failure more. But what does that really mean?

Let's find out together.

Our guest today is Adam Kreek. Adam is a two-time Olympian. He holds 60 international medals, including Olympic Gold and multiple hall of fame inductions. Adam made the first-ever attempt to row unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to America, the subject of the NBC Dateline Documentary, Capsized.

Adam is a bestselling author of, The Responsibility Ethic, which teaches us the how of self-leadership, driving personal and professional results in individuals and organizations.

Today, Adam Kreek is one of North America’s top Executive Business Coaches, who specializes in leadership development and strategic planning. He has degrees and certifications from Stanford University, UBC Sauder School of Business, and Queen's Smith School of Business. Adam is also a guest lecturer at the University of Victoria and teaches strategies and skills of self-leadership, leadership, high performance and perseverance to corporate and government teams globally, through keynotes and workshops.

Adam has coached, trained and taught hundreds of thousands of people, including teams at Microsoft, General Electric, Mercedes-Benz, L’Oréal, Shell, YPO, and EO. Most importantly, Adam walks the talk. As an entrepreneur, Adam runs two small corporations, Kreek Speak Business Solutions and Ergo Eco Solutions, a low carbon initiative that connects small businesses with small governments. On top of all that, Adam Kreek is a TEDx Speaker.

More on Adam Kreek: https://www.valuesdrivenachievement.com

Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkreek/. https://twitter.com/adamkreek https://www.youtube.com/user/adamkreek https://www.instagram.com/adamkreek/

Part 1) Peaks & Troughs the Values Test

What are Experiential Values?
Living the Average, Living in The Pain or Living On The Edge
The Dangers of Shallow Values
The Power of Values and Conflict
When We Win and Fail - When We Fail and Win
Lost in The Bermuda Triangle
What is The Responsibility Ethic?

In the corporate world, the idea of ‘accountability’ is seen as a core function of management. However, if we think about it, in many ways we've had accountability upside down. Here’s what I mean; we pay more attention to knowing who to blame in case we fail than to creating the conditions to succeed. What that means is that oftentimes, accountability is seen as a threat rather than a debrief strategy for success. So, what might happen if we turned that around? Is it possible that we’ve got accountability upside down? If so, how can we get it so that our people want to embrace accountability? Our guest today is Mr. Rob “Cujo” Teschner. Cujo is a veteran of Operations NORTHERN and SOUTHERN WATCH over Iraq. He’s a former F-15 Eagle instructor at the prestigious U.S. Air Force Weapons school—the Air Force ‘Top Gun’ program. Cujo’s also a former F-22 ‘Raptor’ fighter squadron commander; that’s the CEO of an organization that employed more than $4 Billion in low-volume, high-demand assets designed to take the fight deep into enemy territory. He is the Founder and Principal at V.Max Group, a Leadership and Teamwork training company. To top all that, he is also a cancer survivor. Cujo is the bestselling author of, Debrief to Win: How America’s Top Guns Practice Accountable Leadership.

More on Robert “Cujo” Teschner Website: https://www.vmaxgroupllc.com Social Media https://twitter.com/RobertTeschner https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertteschner

Part 2)

Learning to Use and Abuse Your Machine
Stripping the Ego Away
The Power of Vulnerability and the US Air Force Naming Ritual
Creating Psychological Safety
What's Your Mission-Today?
The Power of the Daily Debrief for The Big Mission
Recognizing a Win-- even in a loss
Setting Objectives
Why anticipating Chaos means it will only get better!

In the corporate world, the idea of ‘accountability’ is seen as a core function of management. However, if we think about it, in many ways we've had accountability upside down. Here’s what I mean; we pay more attention to knowing who to blame in case we fail than to creating the conditions to succeed. What that means is that oftentimes, accountability is seen as a threat rather than a debrief strategy for success. So, what might happen if we turned that around? Is it possible that we’ve got accountability upside down? If so, how can we get it so that our people want to embrace accountability? Our guest today is Mr. Rob “Cujo” Teschner. Cujo is a veteran of Operations NORTHERN and SOUTHERN WATCH over Iraq. He’s a former F-15 Eagle instructor at the prestigious U.S. Air Force Weapons school—the Air Force ‘Top Gun’ program. Cujo’s also a former F-22 ‘Raptor’ fighter squadron commander; that’s the CEO of an organization that employed more than $4 Billion in low-volume, high-demand assets designed to take the fight deep into enemy territory. He is the Founder and Principal at V.Max Group, a Leadership and Teamwork training company. To top all that, he is also a cancer survivor. Cujo is the bestselling author of, Debrief to Win: How America’s Top Guns Practice Accountable Leadership. More on Robert “Cujo” Teschner Website: https://www.vmaxgroupllc.com Social Media https://twitter.com/RobertTeschner https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertteschner

Part1)

Why you can't engage people from their fear
When the movie Top Gun Shot down the Classical Violinist
Giving up one dream to be rejected by another
Shut up and learn
Learning what it really means to be on a team
Why Being Mission Focus teaches Us How to Pivot
Accountability or Punishment
How to Destroy Engagement
The Brilliant and Simple 4 Step Debrief

Any leader who even has the vaguest idea of what leading means knows that they must keep learning. What's more, we must offer our people the opportunity to learn and grow.Research has shown that ‘the opportunity to learn’ is one of the top 5 values of employees today. The question isn’t only if you are genuinely offering ways to learn, but are you offering the learning they want ways they want it? Let's find out together.

Our guest is Andrew Scivally. Andrew is the co-founder and CEO of the company, eLearning Brothers. Andrew’s leadership and future thinking has guided the company from being an American mythical basement start-up to an industry-leading learning technology company. Andrew has 20 years of experience in the learning technology space, as well as leading Learning and Development teams for financial institutions such as JP Morgan Chase and Zions Bank. He holds a master’s degree in computer education and cognitive systems. What’s more is, eLearning Brothers has established an industry-leading brand and has been featured in the Inc. 5000 for six consecutive years. More about Andrew and eLearning Brothers. Website: elearningbrothers.com

Social Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/scivally https://www.facebook.com/elearningbros. https://twitter.com/eLearningBros

Part 2) Navigating the Future

2008 Global Recession, Let's Risk Everything...Crazy?
From Basement Business to raising $38M in funding, in a pandemic.
The Choice of "All In" or Regret
The Truth and Lies About Failure
When Your Business Evolves Beyond Your Dream
Partner Divorce in a Family Business
End Lessons for Beginnings
eLearning for M&A Disruption
Are You Willing to Tell The Painful Truth

Any leader who even has the vaguest idea of what leading means knows that they must keep learning. What's more, we must offer our people the opportunity to learn and grow.Research has shown that ‘the opportunity to learn’ is one of the top 5 values of employees today. The question isn’t only if you are genuinely offering ways to learn, but are you offering the learning they want ways they want it? Let's find out together.

Our guest today is Andrew Scivally. Andrew is the co-founder and CEO of the company, eLearning Brothers. Andrew’s leadership and future thinking has guided the company from being an American mythical basement start-up to an industry-leading learning technology company. Andrew has 20 years of experience in the learning technology space, as well as leading Learning and Development teams for financial institutions such as JP Morgan Chase and Zions Bank. He holds a master’s degree in computer education and cognitive systems. What’s more is, eLearning Brothers has established an industry-leading brand and has been featured in the Inc. 5000 for six consecutive years. More about Andrew and eLearning Brothers. Website: elearningbrothers.com

Social Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/scivally https://www.facebook.com/elearningbros. https://twitter.com/eLearningBros


Part 1) eLearning as Massive Value Add to Customers

Why it's No Longer About "what we know"
The History, Evolution and Transformation of eLearning
Why Looking at Digital Learning vs Classroom Learning is a Huge Mistake
Why eLearning SUCKED... and How It's Become Beautiful, Engaging and Highly Effective
Why Most of Our Ideas of Digital Learning are Dead Wrong!
The Massive Value of Using eLearning to Train Employees
How to Use eLearning as a Massive Value Add to Customers

When we don’t fully understand the new, front and centre, issues, there’s a fear that we may look ‘stupid’ and no one wants that. The danger is that we’ll either run away, or pretend to understand and end up in a mess. This is often the case all hot subject of our time like diversity, inclusion, and allyship. What do they really mean and how can we address them with our teams in a thoughtful and empowering way?

Our guest today is Julie Kratz. Julie holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She is a Certified Master Coach and is a Certified Unconscious Bias Trainer. Her books include, Pivot Point: How to Build a Winning Career Game Plan and ONE: How Male Allies Support Women for Gender Equality. Julie's latest book is, Lead Like an Ally: A Journey Through Corporate America with Strategies to Facilitate Inclusion. Julie develops inclusive workplace cultures through allyship across gender, race, and all dimensions of diversity. She is a TEDx speaker, inclusive leadership trainer, executive coach, author, and founder of Next Pivot Point. More on Julie Kratz: Website: www.nextpivotpoint.com Book: https://tinyurl.com/AllyLeader

Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/nextpivotpoint https://twitter.com/nextpivotpoint https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekratz https://www.instagram.com/nextpivotpoint



Part 2) The Wow factor of Diversity

The Unconscious Bias of Hiring on Merit
"What's Your Name, Oh I'm sorry You're not qualified".
Making the Unconscious Bias, conscious
Potential Vs Performance - The Gender Bia
Lessons in Diversity from Your Text Streams
What is The Wow factor of Diversity
Your Personal History Lessons and Their Biases
How Lack of Diversity is Strangling your creativity and Innovation
How to start the Diversity Conversation
When You are The White Elephant in The Room

When we don’t fully understand the new, front and centre, issues, there’s a fear that we may look ‘stupid’ and no one wants that. The danger is that we’ll either run away, or pretend to understand and end up in a mess. This is often the case all hot subject of our time like diversity, inclusion, and allyship. What do they really mean and how can we address them with our teams in a thoughtful and empowering way?

Our guest today is Julie Kratz. Julie holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She is a Certified Master Coach and is a Certified Unconscious Bias Trainer. Her books include, Pivot Point: How to Build a Winning Career Game Plan and ONE: How Male Allies Support Women for Gender Equality. Julie's latest book is, Lead Like an Ally: A Journey Through Corporate America with Strategies to Facilitate Inclusion. Julie develops inclusive workplace cultures through allyship across gender, race, and all dimensions of diversity. She is a TEDx speaker, inclusive leadership trainer, executive coach, author, and founder of Next Pivot Point. More on Julie Kratz: Website: www.nextpivotpoint.com Book: https://tinyurl.com/AllyLeader

Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/nextpivotpoint https://twitter.com/nextpivotpoint https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekratz https://www.instagram.com/nextpivotpoint

Do you have a learning ecosystem that facilitates the wisest people sharing their wisdom? Because if you don’t, you and your organization are going to get stuck pretty fast. However, there’s another component that we as leaders must address with ourselves; that is, the human desire for denial. Too often, a leader will find themselves 'stuck,' not moving forward at the speed needed, and they are too hard-headed to admit it. As a result, they remain stuck for way too long.

So, how can we recognize when we're stuck and what can we do to quickly become unstuck?

Let’s find out together. Our guest is Craig Lemasters. Craig is an author, entrepreneur, investor, and board member with more than twenty years of success in executive leadership positions, including over a decade as CEO of a public company subsidiary. During his CEO tenure, Craig led digital transformation initiatives, global expansions and countless M&A integrations. However, that was part one of his career. For the 2.0 version of his career, Craig Lemasters is dedicated to helping senior leaders get ‘unstuck’ and unlock and activate the wisdom of others. Craig’s new book is titled, Unstuck, and it takes us on a deep dive into his journey as CEO teaching readers how they can implement processes within their own teams so, no matter what challenge arises next, they’re ready to get unstuck!

More on Craig LeD
Do you have a learning ecosystem that facilitates the wisest people sharing their wisdom? Because if you don’t, you and your organization are going to get stuck pretty fast. However, there’s another component that we as leaders must address with ourselves; that is, the human desire for denial. Too often, a leader will find themselves 'stuck,' not moving forward at the speed needed, and they are too hard-headed to admit it. As a result, they remain stuck for way too long.

So, how can we recognize when we're stuck and what can we do to quickly become unstuck?

Let’s find out together. Our guest is Craig Lemasters. Craig is an author, entrepreneur, investor, and board member with more than twenty years of success in executive leadership positions, including over a decade as CEO of a public company subsidiary. During his CEO tenure, Craig led digital transformation initiatives, global expansions and countless M&A integrations. However, that was part one of his career. For the 2.0 version of his career, Craig Lemasters is dedicated to helping senior leaders get ‘unstuck’ and unlock and activate the wisdom of others. Craig’s new book is titled, Unstuck, and it takes us on a deep dive into his journey as CEO teaching readers how they can implement processes within their own teams so, no matter what challenge arises next, they’re ready to get unstuck!

More on Craig Lemasters: Website GXG.co His Book Unstuck : https://tinyurl.com/GXGUnstuck. Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-lemasters-72507321 https://www.facebook.com/getunstuckwithcraig. https://twitter.com/unstuckbook

Do you have a learning ecosystem that facilitates the wisest people sharing their wisdom? Because if you don’t, you and your organization are going to get stuck pretty fast. However, there’s another component that we as leaders must address with ourselves; that is, the human desire for denial. Too often, a leader will find themselves 'stuck,' not moving forward at the speed needed, and they are too hard-headed to admit it. As a result, they remain stuck for way too long.

So, how can we recognize when we're stuck and what can we do to quickly become unstuck?

Let’s find out together. Our guest is Craig Lemasters. Craig is an author, entrepreneur, investor, and board member with more than twenty years of success in executive leadership positions, including over a decade as CEO of a public company subsidiary. During his CEO tenure, Craig led digital transformation initiatives, global expansions and countless M&A integrations. However, that was part one of his career. For the 2.0 version of his career, Craig Lemasters is dedicated to helping senior leaders get ‘unstuck’ and unlock and activate the wisdom of others. Craig’s new book is titled, Unstuck, and it takes us on a deep dive into his journey as CEO teaching readers how they can implement processes within their own teams so, no matter what challenge arises next, they’re ready to get unstuck!

More on Craig LeD
Do you have a learning ecosystem that facilitates the wisest people sharing their wisdom? Because if you don’t, you and your organization are going to get stuck pretty fast. However, there’s another component that we as leaders must address with ourselves; that is, the human desire for denial. Too often, a leader will find themselves 'stuck,' not moving forward at the speed needed, and they are too hard-headed to admit it. As a result, they remain stuck for way too long.

So, how can we recognize when we're stuck and what can we do to quickly become unstuck?

Let’s find out together. Our guest is Craig Lemasters. Craig is an author, entrepreneur, investor, and board member with more than twenty years of success in executive leadership positions, including over a decade as CEO of a public company subsidiary. During his CEO tenure, Craig led digital transformation initiatives, global expansions and countless M&A integrations. However, that was part one of his career. For the 2.0 version of his career, Craig Lemasters is dedicated to helping senior leaders get ‘unstuck’ and unlock and activate the wisdom of others. Craig’s new book is titled, Unstuck, and it takes us on a deep dive into his journey as CEO teaching readers how they can implement processes within their own teams so, no matter what challenge arises next, they’re ready to get unstuck!

More on Craig Lemasters: Website GXG.co His Book Unstuck : https://tinyurl.com/GXGUnstuck. Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-lemasters-72507321 https://www.facebook.com/getunstuckwithcraig. https://twitter.com/unstuckbook

You or your employees could be Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Trump-loving or Trump-hating, but the bottom line is that whatever someone's politics are, if we don’t handle them extraordinarily well, things are going to get far worse. So what can we do? Let’s find out together...

Our guest is Peter Montoya. Peter is a thought leader, skilled orator, tech entrepreneur, and successful business strategist. His expertise comes from decades of being deep in the trenches. Peter successfully grew his software company, Marketing.Pro, from a three-person start-up to a multi-million-dollar exit, all without partners or investors. Peter is currently building his latest game-changing tech start-up, Urth.media, which is on track to transform the social media landscape by providing a civil, community-driven platform free of bots, trolls, and misinformation. His newest book, The Second Civil War: A Citizen's Guide to Healing our Fractured Nation, was released on August 3, 2021 and immediately became a bestseller. Website: https://www.petermontoya.com/ & Urth.media. Social Media https://www.facebook.com/ThriveUnion https://twitter.com/petermontoya1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/petermontoya


Part 2)

The Most Agitating Action You Can Take to Bring Yourself Peace
Every Side is Listening to The Wrong People
Content, Context and Reputation
Social Vs Civil Media
Who's Right or What's Right
Cooling and Framing Political Conversations in The Workplace
is This YOU, or...