The Indispensables

In this episode, I’m speaking with Anne Warren, my friend and client, who is Chief Human Resources Officer for MKC. MKC is a long-time client of ours and one of the largest agricultural co-ops in the United States.

Mentioned in this episode:

·        MKC—Mid Kansas Co-op

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In this episode, I talk with my old friend and longtime client, Jon Morrison, who is president of WABCO for the Americas. Jon and I talked about the challenges of leading in a complex, global, matrixed organization.

Mentioned in this episode:

·        WABCO

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In this episode, I’ll be talking with Vanessa Boulous, the Chief Operations Officer at the YMCA Retirement Fund. Vanessa and I spoke about servant leadership, doing more, and doing good. And her mantra of credibility, confidentiality, and reliability.

Mentioned in this episode:

·        The YMCA of the USA

·        YMCA Retirement Fund

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My guest today is my old friend and client, Major General Greg Lengyel, retired from the United States Air Force. Greg’s last command was Deputy Commander of Joint Special Operations Command for the US Armed Forces. We had a great conversation about service minded leadership and how to lift people up and make them better—even in the toughest of circumstances.

Mentioned in this episode:

·        The Red Sox

·        US Air Force

·        Air Force Academy

·        Center for Character and Leadership Development

·        Core values of US Air Force

·        General Austin Scott Miller

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Today’s guest is my old friend and longtime client, Janet Altman, Marketing Principal for Kaufman Rossin. Janet is a rock star in the world of marketing, accounting, and consulting. She has been a leader at Kaufman Rossin, one of the top firms in the world, for a long time. Janet explains how she has become one of these incredible, indispensable, go-to people and how she leads her team to be a go-to team of indispensables at work.

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Mentioned in this episode:

·        Kaufman Rossin

·        Stephen Covey

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Today’s guest is my old friend and longtime client, Ray Blanchette, who is an incredible entrepreneur in the restaurant industry and a legend in that industry. Currently he is CEO of TGI Fridays. How did Ray and his colleagues lead the restaurant company through the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic? And how is Ray teaching the people at TGI Fridays to be indispensable going forward?

Mentioned in this episode:

·        TGI Fridays

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A look back to a great discussion with my old friend Eric Hutcherson, former Chief Human Resources Officer for the National Basketball Association and now Vice President, Chief People and Inclusion Officer at Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment. We talk about how Eric and the NBA got so ahead of the curve in pandemic response mode and how Eric has taught people over the years to be indispensable.

Mentioned in this episode:

·        National Basketball Association

·        NBA’s 4 Core Values

·        Dave Gavitt

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Today’s guest is Dr. Lisa Wolf, one of my oldest and closest friends, and Director of Emergency Nursing Research for the Emergency Nurses Association. She talks about the challenges of leading in the world of emergency rooms, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. Learn about triage and the power of making decisions with limited resources.

Mentioned in this episode:

·        Emergency Nurses Association

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Today’s guest on the premiere episode of The Indispensables is my old friend, 4-star General Dennis Reimer, who spent four years as Chief of Staff of the United States Army before retiring in 1999. How does somebody get to be Chief of Staff of the US Army? And what does that kind of indispensable person look like?

Mentioned in this episode:

·        Peter Drucker: The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization

·        The Cadet Prayer

·        General Creighton W. Abrams

·        General Colin Powell

·        U.S. Army Center for Army Lessons Learned

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