Ron interviews Dr. Dinesh Verma, Professor of Systems Engineering and Executive Director, Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), and Jeff Wilcox, Retired Vice President of Digital Transformation for Lockheed Martin.  In this episode, they discuss their paper published in the National Academy of Engineering entitled Leadership for a Complex Enterprise (https://www.nae.edu/244701/Leadership-for-a-Complex-Enterprise).  They discuss key Leadership tenets to enable a leader of a complex system to be more of a gardener, and less of a chess master. 

Ron interviews Devan Tracy, Smart Buildings Lead at Lockheed Martin.  Devan is a highly successful leader who has carved out non-traditional roles for herself in a large organization by understanding and pursuing her passion.  Ron and Devan discuss the importance of discovering your passion, some of the key tenets of how to pursue that passion successfully, and how to get past some of the struggles and naysayers.  

You can find Devan on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/devan-tracy/. You can watch her TedX talk on the Extinction of Sustainability, here: https://www.ted.com/talks/devan_tracy_the_extinction_of_sustainability. You can find the book "Ted Talks", by Chris Anderson, here: https://www.amazon.com/TED-Talks-Official-Public-Speaking/dp/1328710289/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=ted+talk&qid=1617669370&sr=8-2  You can find the book "What Color is your Parachute", by Richard Bolles, here: https://www.amazon.com/What-Color-Your-Parachute-2021/dp/198485786X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=what+color+is+your+parachute&qid=1617669343&sr=8-1 

For more information about Ron Crawford and Unleashed Potential Consulting, visit unleashed-potential.org.

Ron interviews Dr. Charles Johnson-Bey, Senior Vice President for Booz Allen Hamilton (https://www.boozallen.com/our-people/leadership/charles-johnson-bey.html).  Charles is a highly successful and innovative technical leader who consistently insures a culture of inclusion on the teams he leads. Ron and Charles discuss the importance of leveraging diversity through inclusion, empathy, and mentor/mentee relationships. 

You can find Charles on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjbey/. For more information about Ron Crawford and Unleashed Potential Consulting, visit unleashed-potential.org.

Ron interviews Bruce Barse, President and Founder of LeaderQuest Inc. (leader-quest.com).  Bruce is a passionate leader dedicated to helping others be their best selves. He has over 35 years of professional leadership experience, and is a highly credentialed teacher and speaker.  Ron and Bruce discuss the importance of empathy and vulnerability to a leader in the development of high performance teams and trust based cultures.

For more information about Ron Crawford and Unleashed Potential Consulting, visit unleashed-potential.org. 

In this episode, Ron talks with Paul Mittan, the Director of the Engineering Leadership Development program at Penn State University.  Paul discusses some of the priorities and approaches of the Penn State program, as well as the importance of some of the key tenets of Leadership Development. For more info regarding the PSU ELD program, go to https://www.sedtapp.psu.edu/eld/index.aspx .

In this episode, Ron interviews Erin Peterson, a teacher in the public school system, and a partner in Unleashed Potential.  They discuss the current state of education in general, as the system struggles to respond to the challenges brought about by COVID-19, as well as some of the opportunities for change and improvement that could come out of the present hardship.   

In this first episode of The Natural Leader podcast, host Ron Crawford gives some insight to what is meant by the term Natural Leader, and what some of the key leadership attributes contribute to making someone an authentic, natural leader.