The Leadercast Podcast

If your business was $600,000 in debt, what would you do?

If you’re like most people, you’d probably figure out a way to throw in the towel, sell off assets and call it a day. 

After all, they can’t all be winners, right?

But if you ask Todd Palmer what he did, you’d get a totally different answer. 

He found himself in a place where he was over $600,000 in debt. 

He was depressed.

He wasn’t sleeping. 

The bank was about to foreclose on his house, leaving him and his son homeless. 

What did he do?

Todd was a guest on the Leadercast Podcast and talked all about: 

- Hitting rock bottom and how it was the best thing to happen to his career

- When a company should and should not throw in the towel 

- Why discovering your “why” is crucial to making it. 

Check out the full podcast with Todd Palmer by clicking here.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts as your audio player, you can also find every episode at this link.

Developing world-class leaders in your community is now easier than ever with Leadercast. In addition to our Flagship May event, becoming a Presenting Partner allows you to stream multiple events per year–each with an opportunity to earn money. The NEW Leadercast lets you invite one to one thousand people with unlimited streaming opportunities. Check out more at Leadercast.com or the link in our bio.

How many leadership lessons can you learn from the circus? 

You’d be surprised.

The circus actually teaches us about innovation, empathy, and adaptability.

In this episode, we interview Vital Germaine, President of ENGAGEteams360, author, speaker, and former circus performer, about leadership insights he gained from Cirque du Soleil.

What we talked about:

• What innovation means & how it’s built on a foundation of creativity
• Cirque du Soleil leaders who demonstrated adaptability
• Finding, welcoming, and retaining talent for your teams
• A leader worth following is one who is vulnerable

Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

• Vital’s latest book, Innovation Mindset
• Learn more about Vital Germaine at his website

Check out the full podcast with Vital Germaine by clicking here.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts as your audio player, you can also find every episode at this link.

Developing world-class leaders in your community is now easier than ever with Leadercast. In addition to our Flagship May event, becoming a Presenting Partner allows you to stream multiple events per year–each with an opportunity to earn money. The NEW Leadercast lets you invite one to one thousand people with unlimited streaming opportunities. Check out more at Leadercast.com or the link in our bio.

She grew up in a Wyoming trailer park. 

Now, she has more Twitter followers than people in her home state.

How’d she do it? By becoming a renegade.

We interviewed Amy Jo Martin, NYT bestselling author and podcast host, about how to be a renegade.

What we talked about:

• What it means to be a renegade
• Embracing uncertainty, fear, and change
• The “Why Not Now?” philosophy of making decisions
• Amy Jo’s advice for self-leadership: time is finite

Check out this resource we mentioned during the podcast:

• Renegade Brand Bootcamp for female leaders and entrepreneurs

Check out the full podcast with Amy Jo Martin by clicking here.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts as your audio player, you can also find every episode at this link.

Developing world-class leaders in your community is now easier than ever with Leadercast. In addition to our Flagship May event, becoming a Presenting Partner allows you to stream multiple events per year–each with an opportunity to earn money. The NEW Leadercast lets you invite one to one thousand people with unlimited streaming opportunities. Check out more at Leadercast.com or the link in our bio.

Imagine joining the Marine Corps just a few months before September 11, 2001.

Now take those invaluable lessons and start a custom footwear company based in Spain.

We had the privilege of talking with Sarah Ford, Founder and Creative Director of Ranch Road Boots, about her leadership journey.

What we talked about:

• Lessons from the Marine Corps
• Lessons from her family (and her cowboy inspiration, Daddy Tom)
• 3 tips for new entrepreneurs, including what Kickstarter is good for

Check out the full podcast with Sarah Ford by clicking here.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts as your audio player, you can also find every episode at this link.

Developing world-class leaders in your community is now easier than ever with Leadercast. In addition to our Flagship May event, becoming a Presenting Partner allows you to stream multiple events per year–each with an opportunity to earn money. The NEW Leadercast lets you invite one to one thousand people with unlimited streaming opportunities. Check out more at Leadercast.com or the link in our bio.

From janitor to marketer.

This is the unforgettable story about an uneducated man who became a global influencer for leadership and diversity… using Cheetos.

In today’s episode, I get to talk with Richard Montañez, a marketing and sales executive for 35 years at PepsiCo, about his personal leadership story.

What we talked about:

• Richard’s source of motivation is his legacy
• How Richard broke rank at FritoLay
• Promoting diversity & leadership

Check out the full podcast with Richard Montañez by clicking here.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts as your audio player, you can also find every episode at this link.

Developing world-class leaders in your community is now easier than ever with Leadercast. In addition to our Flagship May event, becoming a Presenting Partner allows you to stream multiple events per year–each with an opportunity to earn money. The NEW Leadercast lets you invite one to one thousand people with unlimited streaming opportunities. Check out more at Leadercast.com or the link in our bio.

Fear can keep us from asking questions to better ourselves. 

Fear can also keep us from listening to the wisdom that other people have to share.

Leaders who can overcome this fear can unlock the power of relational leadership.

In this episode, we hear from Marilyn Tam, for a second time on the Leadercast Podcast. Marilyn is a phenomenal speaker, author, and is the Founder and CEO of Marilyn Tam & Company.

What we talked about:

• How to learn from everyone
• What it means to be hungry
• Overcoming fear to ask for help
• 4 ways leaders can improve in relational leadership

Check out the full podcast with Marilyn Tam by clicking here.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts as your audio player, you can also find every episode at this link.

Developing world-class leaders in your community is now easier than ever with Leadercast. In addition to our Flagship May event, becoming a Presenting Partner allows you to stream multiple events per year–each with an opportunity to earn money. The NEW Leadercast lets you invite one to one thousand people with unlimited streaming opportunities. Check out more at Leadercast.com or the link in our bio.

A work environment that stifles ideas and inhibits people from asking for help or sharing problems is a symptom of fear-based leadership.

Psychological safety, on the other hand, is a sense of permission for candor at work.

In this episode, I interview Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School and author of The Fearless Organization.

What we talked about:

• What a psychologically safe workplace looks like
• Examples of fear-based leadership versus asking good questions
• How to create a climate of psychological safety
• Emotional intelligence helps leaders promote psychological safety

Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

• The Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmondson
• What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team

Check out the full podcast with Amy C. Edmondson by clicking here.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts as your audio player, you can also find every episode at this link.

Developing world-class leaders in your community is now easier than ever with Leadercast. In addition to our Flagship May event, becoming a Presenting Partner allows you to stream multiple events per year–each with an opportunity to earn money. The NEW Leadercast lets you invite one to one thousand people with unlimited streaming opportunities. Check out more at Leadercast.com or the link in our bio.

Right now, a 5-year-old in Ghana is working 16 hours a day fishing on Lake Volta.

When we’re talking about positive disruption, child trafficking should be one of the first things that comes to mind.

In this episode, I interview Chris Field, Founder and Executive Director of Mercy Project and author of Disrupting for Good, about the traits of positive disruption in leaders.

What we talked about:

• Asking himself “why not me?”
• His realization that his tears wouldn’t free any children
• What positive disruption means for leaders
• 3 key traits of disruptors
• The importance of community and resilience

Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

• Chris’s book, Disrupting for Good

Check out the full podcast with Chris Field by clicking here.If you don’t use Apple Podcasts as your audio player, you can also find every episode at this link.

Developing world-class leaders in your community is now easier than ever with Leadercast. In addition to our Flagship May event, becoming a Presenting Partner allows you to stream multiple events per year–each with an opportunity to earn money. The NEW Leadercast lets you invite one to one thousand people with unlimited streaming opportunities. Check out more at Leadercast.com or the link in our bio.

Being a firebrand goes beyond being a bit of a rabble rouser and speaks to a commitment to fight for positive change.

On this episode, I interview Mikaela Kiner, Founder and CEO of Reverb and author of Female Firebrands:

What we talked about:

• What Mikaela learned in interviewing 13 leaders for her book
• The importance of diversity from a business standpoint — and an altruistic one
• 3 lessons for everyday leaders (including how to speak up)

Check out this resource we mentioned during the podcast:

• Female Firebrands by Mikaela Kiner

• Download a chapter here

Check out the full podcast with Mikaela Kiner by clicking here.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts as your audio player, you can also find every episode at this link.

Developing world-class leaders in your community is now easier than ever with Leadercast. In addition to our Flagship May event, becoming a Presenting Partner allows you to stream multiple events per year–each with an opportunity to earn money. The NEW Leadercast lets you invite one to one thousand people with unlimited streaming opportunities. Check out more at Leadercast.com or the link in our bio.

The journey to a gold medal starts with the right mindset.

I’m so excited to bring onto the Leadercast podcast a gold medal winner in women's ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics — Meghan Duggan. As captain of the team, Duggan has a valuable perspective on leadership and the joy of being a team member.

What we talked about:

• The struggle to victory and how heartbreak helped the team return stronger than ever
• Journaling for success
• The importance of mentorship
• What the best part of being on a team is

Check out the full podcast with Meghan Duggan by clicking here.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts as your audio player, you can also find every episode at this link.

Developing world-class leaders in your community is now easier than ever with Leadercast. In addition to our Flagship May event, becoming a Presenting Partner allows you to stream multiple events per year–each with an opportunity to earn money. The NEW Leadercast lets you invite one to one thousand people with unlimited streaming opportunities. Check out more at Leadercast.com or the link in our bio.