This is part 2 of a 2 part conversation… 

In part 2 of a two-part episode, host Galen Bingham and leadership speaker and author Ben Eden unpack the podcast’s metaphor, Galen shares his “center of calling” model, while Ben describes leaving an HR executive role to pursue speaking.

They discuss an “invisible board of directors,” while Ben shares insights from his book “How We See Ourselves.”

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This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation…

In part 1 of a two-part episode, host Galen Bingham welcomes leadership speaker and coach Ben Eden.

Ben shares his background as a former HR executive who helped scale a company from under 50 employees to nearly 2,000 internationally before leaving to speak and coach on leadership and self-perception. They discuss how people are promoted into management without training, Ben’s tendency to be drafted into leadership, and the often unseen weight of leadership.

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This is part 2 of a 2 part conversation… 

In part 2 of a two-part conversation, host Galen Bingham asks Orlando about his “invisible board of directors,” and Orlando names Malcolm X for strength and courage, Barack Obama for leadership and vision under pressure, and Jesus Christ for grace and forgiveness. They connect these traits to leadership at home and in Orlando’s real estate work. Galen outlines three leadership fundamentals, while Orlando adds that motivation varies by person and leaders must adapt and then the discussion shifts to basketball, debating how to guard Victor Wembanyama, and how eras  have affected the NBA game.

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This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation… 

In part 1 of a two-part Whiskey, Jazz, and Leadership conversation, host Galen Bingham welcomes fellow Kappa Alpha Psi member and longtime entrepreneur Orlando Askins, and his entrepreneurial journey. Askins shares his background raised in South Central LA and how he stumbled into real estate after doing street-team marketing, then learned through mistakes, including a first $15,000 property deal that went bad. He describes shifting from mortgages after the 2007 crash and moving to St. Louis to find sustainable, affordable markets. They connect jazz to improvisation, leadership to decisive action and consistency, and discuss adaptive “delta” leadership using The Godfather as an example of choosing how to show up rather than being the loudest in the room.

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This is part 2 of a 2 part conversation… 

In part 2 of a two-part conversation on the Whiskey, Jazz, and Leadership podcast, host Galen Bingham continues with Dr. Willie Jolley, focusing on the role of mentorship in achieving goals, citing mentors such as Les Brown and General Colin Powell and emphasizing seeking counsel to avoid costly mistakes. Jolley recounts how Rosita Perez pushed him to stop giving generic speeches and tell his own story, and he frames courage as moving forward despite fear—especially when he took the risk of breaking into song during speeches and later writing a wealth-focused book outside his usual self-help lane. He explains his “rich vs. wealthy” distinction, introduces five money mindsets culminating in a generational “wealth mindset,” shares a family example of debt reduction and investing.

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This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation… 

In part 1 of a two-part conversation on the Whiskey, Jazz and Leadership Podcast, host Galen Bingham welcomes Hall of Fame keynote speaker, bestselling author, and SiriusXM host Dr. Willie Jolley, Jolley shares his journey from growing up in Washington, DC in a jazz-centered family to becoming an award-winning jazz club performer before being displaced by karaoke, then finding purpose as a DC public schools drug prevention coordinator whose speeches launched a speaking career. He recounts opportunities with Les Brown, syndicated radio and SiriusXM, multiple bestselling books, and major speaking honors, emphasizing his “setback is a setup for a comeback” mindset. They connect the podcast’s themes through metaphors: whiskey as refinement, jazz as practiced improvisation and “playing the changes,” and leadership as developed through pressure, continuous improvement, and doing the right thing when no one is watching.

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This is part 2 of a 2 part conversation… 

In part 2 of a two-part conversation on the Whiskey, Jazz, and Leadership podcast, host Galen Bingham continues with executive search entrepreneur Frank Clark, who explains that strong leaders capture hearts, minds, and imaginations, and that Encore Leadership Advisors stress-tests this “followership” through early interactions and back-channel references to avoid mismatched opportunities. Clark shares that what wasn’t “in the brochure” of his current role was hearing many more “no’s” in a competitive executive search market, which reinforced the need for relentlessness, immersion, and bringing value in every client interaction. The discussion connects entrepreneurship to John Coltrane’s journey, including being misunderstood and operating from a calling, not just a career. Clark also describes his “invisible board of directors”—Reginald Lewis, John H. Johnson, and Bob Johnson—highlighting preparation, work ethic, belief, strategy, and team-building, and closes with advice on core values, mastery, and service.

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In part 1 of a two-part conversation on the Whiskey, Jazz, and Leadership podcast, host Galen Bingham welcomes executive search entrepreneur Frank Clark, who shares his non-linear career journey from Motorola sales to AT&T leadership, earning an MBA in finance and marketing while working, moving into consulting at EDS, and leading a large P&L at RR Donnelley before buying printing businesses in Las Vegas under a private equity model and helping build Encore Leadership Advisors, a national C-suite executive search firm. They discuss the show’s whiskey-jazz-leadership metaphor as enjoyment and mentorship, career improvisation across industries, and leadership through collaboration, empathy, and execution. Clark emphasizes demonstrating empathy by showing vulnerability and sharing origin stories, including growing up on Chicago’s South Side and his father’s rise from the mailroom. They also outline Encore’s candidate rigor, including probing motivations, intellectual curiosity, career trajectory, and followership.

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This is part 2 of a 2 part conversation… 

In part 2 of a two part conversation on the Whiskey, Jazz, and Leadership Podcast, host Galen Bingham talks with Dr. Deb Clary (founder of the Clary Group and author of The Curiosity Curve) about leaders needing a broad “toolbox” and the dexterity to use the right approach for each situation. Clary shares how raising two daughters revealed different needs for support and autonomy, shaping her practice of asking teammates how they like to be led. She contrasts transactional, rule-driven culture at Frito-Lay with Coca-Cola’s more relational approach, and explains why bold, genuine questions drive growth, coaching, and leader development. She cites research linking curiosity to higher retention, job satisfaction, and engagement, emphasizes trust as a prerequisite for bolder questions.

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This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation… 

In the season ten kickoff of the Whiskey, Jazz, and Leadership Podcast, host Galen Bingham reconnects with his former Coca-Cola North America manager, Dr. Deb Clary, founder of the Clary Group and author of “The Curiosity Curve”, for part 1 of a two-part conversation about curiosity as a leadership discipline and how better questions improve decisions. Dr. Clary recounts her career from Frito-Lay route driver to leadership roles at Coca-Cola, Brown-Forman, and Humana, earning a doctorate in leadership development, launching Humana’s Leadership Institute, and researching curiosity’s relationship to leadership performance and culture. They also touch on her 2005 dissertation findings that women tend toward purpose-driven transformational leadership, men toward results-driven transactional leadership, and that C-suite leaders need both.

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