From Scotland Yard to Leadership Coach with David Wheatley
Release Date: 08/11/2021
Libby's Leadership Lab
Libby chats with leadership development expert and CEO of HUMiN Inclusion Partners, Mitch Shepard. Mitch has been working with diverse people from various walks of life for the past 25 years, beginning with a decade spent leading people on wilderness expeditions. In 2015 she expanded her reach and impact by curating a diverse and extraordinary team of coaches, trainers, consultants, and DEI experts to create HUMiN, known for its approach to building the habits and behaviors of inclusion, at every level.
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This week Libby is chatting with chairman and chief executive officer of WD-40 Company, Garry Ridge. Garry is responsible for developing and implementing high-level strategies, all operations, and the oversight of all relationships and partnerships for the company and he is passionate about the learning and empowering organizational culture he has helped establish at the WD-40 Company. His vision and leadership have positively impacted the company in both measurable and immeasurable ways.
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Libby sits down with Dr. Alison Horstmeyer, a talent development consultant, executive coach, and humanistic researcher. Alison is considered a pioneering practitioner in workplace curiosity and her research focuses on associated mental, emotional, and motivational attributes. Alison partners and works with executives across a diverse set of industry sectors and has a knack for connecting and working with teams and leaders through real-world business acumen and evidence-based practitioner expertise.
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Libby is joined by the CEO and founder of Excellent Executive Coaching LLC, Dr. Katrina Burrus. Dr. Katrina is known for "fast-tracking leaders to the C-Suite and Beyond" and for "Transforming Brilliant Jerks into Inspiring Leaders." She is a keynote speaker and published, “Managing Brilliant Jerks" and, "Global Leadership" a body of work used by Nestle, Novartis, the World Health Organization, the International Labor Organization, the United Nations, and many more.
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Libby sits down with the best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and business strategist Ron Carucci. Ron has a thirty-year track record helping executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization, and leadership — from start-ups to Fortune 10s, overhauling leadership and culture to re-designing for growth. Ron’s experience spans over 25 countries where he helps organizations articulate strategies that lead to accelerated growth, and then designs programs to execute those strategies.
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Perry Marshall joins Libby in the leadership lab for the second time to discuss his new book, Memos from the Head Office: Channeling the Muse in Business and in Life. Perry shares why you don’t need to hustle harder, raise your IQ, or earn an MBA to solve your most pressing problems. The lines of communication are open if you’re willing to listen. Memos from the Head Office shows you how to resolve impossible conflicts, access new breakthroughs, navigate jagged situations, and reveal hidden insights.
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This week, Libby is joined by executive coach Angie Morgan. Angie and her business partner Courtney are executive coaches who work with high-performing leaders to help them achieve next-level results. After their service in the Marine Corps, Angie and Courtney co-created the leadership development firm Lead Star and co-wrote the New York Times best-selling books SPARK and Leading from the Front.
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Libby is joined by professor of management and Silberman Global Faculty Fellow at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Scott Behson, Ph.D. Scott is a national expert in work and family issues as well as a best-selling author and professional speaker and is dishing all on how to succeed at work and what it means to be a whole person workplace. Libby and Scott discuss valuing employees beyond their work, the characteristics of a whole person workplace, victim mentality in the workplace, and more.
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Libby is joined by Zach Giglio. Zach and his wife Emma have had the experience of traveling and living around the world and have seen the positive impacts that human connections have made on their lives and the lives of the people around them. Now, with more than 15 years of combined experience, they work to facilitate those human connections for organizations through their expertise in communications and marketing through their company, Giglio Communications and Marketing (GCM).
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This week, Libby is joined by the Authors of Work Made Fun Gets Done!, Dr. Bob Nelson and Mario Tamayo. Bob Nelson, Ph.D., is the president of Nelson Motivation Inc., the world’s leading authority on employee recognition and engagement and Mario is a principal with Tamayo Group Inc., a no-nonsense consulting firm specializing in leadership and organizational performance. Their combined expertise and results have a direct correlation to fun and its important role when it comes to success in the workplace.�
info_outlineAs our careers and lives naturally evolve, we often bring things - habits, lessons, thoughts with us to our present reality. In the case of today’s episode, David Wheatley was able to take the experience from his many years as a former Scotland Yard police officer into his entrepreneurial career as a Leadership Coach. David works with leaders who are engaged in transitions to new roles, new scope or improved results. An expert facilitator, trainer and coach, he has worked for twenty years with government, manufacturing, healthcare, law enforcement, technology and financial institutions, David challenges his mentee’s and clients thinking to push them ahead. He supports organizations through strategic planning and helps them overcome roadblocks using a framework of values-based commitment and stakeholder mapping.
Libby and David discuss:
- Why leadership is more so about the choices you make and not so much the title
- Why there’s a lack of trust in leaders today and how to change that
- The necessity of mutual understanding when it comes to good leadership
- What green path choices are
- The self and greater good continuum
- What makes a good team in the working environment
- The importance of understanding what motivates people
David is the co-author of 50 DOs for Everyday Leadership Lessons Learned the Hard Way (So You Don’t Have To) and What Great Teams Do Great: How Ordinary People Accomplish the Extraordinary. In his spare time, David plays soccer and the guitar, both badly, in his opinion. He lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan with his partner Launda and four children nearby. David and
Connect with David:
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What Great Teams Do Great: How Ordinary People Accomplish the Extraordinary by David Wheatley