The Ignite Leadership Podcast
In the business world, leadership is a necessity. Whether you're working for yourself, working for a larger organization, or just getting started, you have the opportunity to lead. You face situations where your skills are needed to inspire and motivate people to do their best work. Unfortunately, in our ultra-competitive, achievement-based society, being a good leader can be difficult. Listeners will hear from people who have navigated these waters before them with success, working through anxiety and other common pitfalls leaders face. The Ignite Leadership Podcast features interviews with experts on the subject from fields including healthcare, marketing, finance, and personal development.
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[16] Pavel Verbnyak
01/19/2022
[16] Pavel Verbnyak
Pavel Verbnyak is a certified professional speaker (GSF) on personal development, goal-setting, the law of attraction and leadership. He is a success expert, life coach, Vice President of JCI Russia, Brian Tracy Academy's expert and partner, the founder of “Successful Thinking”, the author of several books, seminars on unlocking human potential and personal efficiency. Pavel specializes in training and development of individuals and organizations, helping to set and achieve personal and professional goals faster and easier, to eliminate limiting beliefs and fears, increase sales etc. Pavel Verbnyak is an award-winning speaker and an internationally recognized leader in personal development and peak performance strategies. For over 15 years, he has been teaching entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders, and people from all walks of life how to create the life they desire. He speaks also to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of World's largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results. Since 2005 Pavel has been studying the lives of successful people and applied the knowledge and ideas he’s learned into his own life. He is the graduate of Jack Canfield’s 2014 Train the Trainer live program (USA). Pavel will teach you how to get complete control of your time and your life, increase your income, simplify your work, maximize your special talents and abilities, and achieve financial independence. The maximum amount of audience for Pavel’s speech is more than 1000 people. He worked with top Russian & international brands: Sberbank, MTS, Russian Railways, Lukoil, Rostelekom, Renault, Volkswagen etc. Consulted famous Russian and CIS top managers. Most of Pavel’s core strategies for creating breakthroughs have come from modeling and distilling the strategies of leaders in some of the fastest growing companies in the world. He has used these distinctions to help optimize and grow enterprises to new and more profitable levels. Pavel lives in Moscow, Russia, where he continually raises the bar on his own potential by increasing and expanding his comfort zone with continued personal and professional development. Pavel Verbnyak is happily married and has son. He is active in community and national affairs. He wants to empower you to have a larger vision for your life by connecting to and unleashing the greatness within you. Pavel’s goal is to help people all over the world achieve their personal, professional, and financial goals faster and easier than ever imagined.
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[15] Rajpal Sagoo
11/23/2021
[15] Rajpal Sagoo
As a strategy-driven leader with a strong and consistent track record of success in helping companies to achieve their goals, Rajpal Sagoo understands the importance of results. He is an award-winning innovator and an inspirational entrepreneur with deep experience overseeing the development of high-impact business solutions in multiple industries (e.g., health care, military, sports, law) through emerging technologies and innovation. He excels at pivoting and incorporating new technology to expand product offerings and increase sales. He revels in the challenge of accomplishing goals where technology-related challenges threaten to negatively impact the organization’s bottom line. He is also a passionate contributor with a laser-focus on exceeding organization and client expectations. During his career, Rajpal has helped 20+ IT startups to get off the ground. In addition, he excels at driving strategy in-house with C-suite while also working with consulting clients.
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[14] Brandi Harless
10/29/2021
[14] Brandi Harless
Brandi is the founder and CEO of Preventscripts, an innovative startup working to embed primary prevention of chronic illness into primary care clinics. Brandi has had a rather diverse leadership journey to date. From serving in leadership roles of several non-profits ranging from healthcare to entrepreneurship and most recently a stint as Mayor of OUR hometown, Paducah, KY, she is now full-time with her private for-profit company. She and one of her co-founders, Dr. Natalie Davis, was just featured in Forbes magazine as one of the "52 Women-led companies driving the future of Femtech and Healthtech". Brandi and her husband are about to welcome their first child into the world.
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[13] Quinnetta Claytor
10/08/2021
[13] Quinnetta Claytor
With over 11 years of both healthcare consulting and healthcare executive experience, Quinnetta possesses a global perspective geared towards professional and personal advancement and a passion for transforming good people into exceptional professionals! Throughout her professional career, she has gained insurmountable experience and exposure in hospital operations, business development, strategic planning and personal & professional development in its entirety. Currently, Quinnetta serves as a nn Corporate Performance Improvement Group spearheading enterprise-wide projects focused on operational initiatives such as Behavioral Health Utilization Review Centralization, Operating Room Zone Scheduling, and Centralized Patient Placement. Prior to her transition back to HCA Corporate, Quinnetta served as the Assistant Vice President of Business Operations for the HCA Gulf Coast Division, and the Associate Chief Operating Officer (ACOO) and Ethics and Compliance Officer (ECO) at East Houston Regional Medical Center (EHRMC) and Bayshore Medical Center (BMC). As ACOO and ECO at EHRMC and BMC, Quinnetta experienced the unprecedented challenges and after-effects of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Immediately after Hurricane Harvey, Quinnetta developed a remediation action plan pinpointing more than $4.5M in cost savings opportunities during EHRMC’s inoperability through strategies around equipment distribution, vendor contracts, and facility security. Quinnetta also served as both the Performance Improvement Manager and Director during a 4.5 year stint with the HCA Corporate Performance Improvement Group. During those 4.5 years, she conducted performance improvement and clinical excellence engagements at over 25 facilities and 9 divisions throughout the HCA Enterprise. In addition, Quinnetta is the CEO & Founder of Q. Clay Strategies & Solutions. As CEO of Q. Clay Strategies & Solutions, Quinnetta serves as an executive coach and business strategist to early/mid-careerists, executives, entrepreneurs and more. Q. Clay Strategies & Solutions has served over 65 clients and entities representing 15+ industries and presented to over 1,000 professionals and students representing national organizations such as the National Charity League, the National Association of Health Service Executives and the National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives. In 2020, Quinnetta also published an eGuide entitled “Revising Your Resume on Your Own: 5 Effective Strategies For Any Industry (The Modern Day Professional’s E-Guide)” available on Amazon. The e-guide is intended to provide you with effective strategies to revise your resume from the comfort of your own home or office. The primary goal of the e-guide includes developing and refining your business acumen, while empowering you with the skills and knowledge to reach your professional goals and aspirations. Quinnetta obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Iowa and a Master of Health Administration degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Quinnetta is originally from Des Moines, Iowa and the oldest of 3 young ladies. Her hobbies include shopping, cooking, traveling, working out, live music, and mentoring the youth.
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[12] Ruth Lund
09/21/2021
[12] Ruth Lund
Ruth is the President of The LEGACY Center, a firm that considers themselves practitioners as well as consultants in the area of values-based cultural and executive development. Ruth has over 25 years of experience in leadership, team, and cultural development in both the private and non-profit sectors, and brings a passion to help executives lead with authenticity and intention. She is a certified practitioner with the Barrett Values Centre, Giving Voice to Values (GVV), and ATD’s Internal Coaching Program. A graduate from the University of Maine with a degree in Education, Ruth has channeled her background in teaching, presenting, facilitating, and coaching into powerful experiences that support the process of developing strong values-based leadership and intentional cultural development focused on Impacting Lives and Developing Leaders.
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[11] Colin McRae
09/17/2021
[11] Colin McRae
Colin McRae is originally from Winston-Salem, NC. He received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from East Carolina University. He later earned a Master’s of Healthcare Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, located in Richmond, VA. During graduate school, Colin was recruited by the Hospital Corporation of America, headquartered in Nashville, TN. Upon completion of an internship with HCA in Houston, TX, Colin was selected to participate in the company’s Chief Operating Officer Development Program. Colin held COO positions with HCA in Houston, TX and Largo, FL before joining Tennova Healthcare’s parent company, Community Health Systems, in 2012. Since 2013, Colin has served as CEO of Tennova Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Jefferson City, TN. Colin has been married to his wife Jodi, for 22 years. Together, they have two children; Aidan (13) and William (11).
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[11] John Brock
09/09/2021
[11] John Brock
John D. Brock is a consultant with Progressive Healthcare, Inc. in Brentwood, Tennessee. He is a career healthcare executive with an extensive background in the delivery of care in both inpatient and outpatient settings; rural and urban markets; and for-profit and not-for-profit systems. As a consultant, he specializes in hospital and ambulatory surgery center operations, support and strategic planning; physician recruitment and development; strategic operation of physician-owned facilities; and healthcare business and service line development. Operationally having built it, developed it and led it, John is in the unique position of bringing real-world experience to clients. In his 30+ years in healthcare, John is a six-time CEO and COO leading organizations in multiple states with Healthtrust, HCA and Community Health Systems, as well as two not-for-profit systems, Baptist Health in Arkansas and Covenant Health System in Texas. John is known as a servant-leader and hands-on operator, business developer, relationship expert, physician advocate and developer of people. His resume reflects success in margin improvement and cost management initiatives, new service line development and physician recruitment. Most recently he led NorthStar Surgical Center in Lubbock, Texas for 13 years – a physician-owned, highly profitable multi-specialty ASC that was recognized on three occasions by BeckersASC.com. Prior to joining Progressive Healthcare, John founded his own Texas consulting firm, Healthcare Solutions Consulting, LLC with its focus being to find results-based solutions for clients. A native Kentuckian, John received his Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He did an administrative residency at Mobile Infirmary Health System in Mobile, Alabama.
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[10] Jamie Martin
06/28/2021
[10] Jamie Martin
Jamie Martin is the founder and CEO of SigmaMed. He is a GE-trained Six Sigma Master Black Belt with a diverse background in healthcare and business. The first company he founded was a technology services company in Shanghai China. When he returned to the US he started SigmaMed to bring world-class performance excellence services to hospitals and clinics throughout the US. Jamie has a special focus on helping hospitals and clinics develop their staff resources into a powerful source of competitive advantage and believes that the only way to succeed in today's market is for leaders to put employees first so they in turn can put patients first. Jamie served on the Colorado Center for Improving Value in Health Care “Care Transitions Task Force” and is a frequent speaker on improving the patient experience and profitability through enhancing provider and staff satisfaction. Jamie is also a licensed Commercial Pilot with over 1,000 hours and has unique expertise in the application of checklists to the reduction of medical errors."
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[09] Brigitta Glick
06/21/2021
[09] Brigitta Glick
Brigitta Glick has over 20 years of leadership experience in healthcare and currently serves as Founder and CEO of Provenir Healthcare, which she launched in Chicago in 1995, and brought back to her native San Antonio in 2008. Through Provenir, she works with clients across the country to address clinical and operational needs. She is a member of the Career Advisory Council for the UT Health Science Center, a board member and Education Committee Chairman of the National Association of Physician Recruiters, and a former chapter president of the Healthcare Businesswomen Association. Brigitta and her husband Gary have a daughter attending law school at Lewis and Clark, and a son attending Baylor University.
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[08] Ben Ochs
06/14/2021
[08] Ben Ochs
Ben is a leader and innovator in the healthcare real estate industry and serves as CEO and Managing Partner at Anchor Health Properties. Guided by the Company’s purpose statement and core values, Ben has exponentially grown and diversified Anchor’s offerings into a national, full-service healthcare real estate firm - more than tripling the size of the Company since taking the helm in 2015. Under his stewardship, Anchor has consistently been recognized as one of the Top Outpatient Developers by the industry-leading Revista Outpatient Developer Survey. Throughout his career, Ben has been dedicated to creating a better healthcare experience for patients, providers, and health systems. Pushing the envelope by thinking critically and creatively to develop innovative ways to tackle new problems, he lends his leadership expertise to thoughtfully generate new facility solutions for today’s healthcare environment. In addition to being a champion of his family and all things outdoors, Ben continues to be very active within his community – participating in a leadership role within national and local organizations, including the Revista Advisory Board, the James Madison University Finance & Business Law Advisory Board and the Trinity Fellows Program.
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[07] Dr. Foster Expose
06/07/2021
[07] Dr. Foster Expose
Dr. Expose is the head of physician leadership development @ UC Health. Has been a valuable asset working for various organizations and health systems across the nation. He has facilitated over 50,000 leadership training hours on topics like organizational culture, emotional intelligence, psychology of teams, communication strategies, and workplace conflict. He has led change initiatives for Fortune 500 companies and coached nearly 200 physician and administrative executive leaders. While working in healthcare since 2014, Foster has led the creation and delivery of 18 leadership programs for administrative and physician leaders, across corporate entities, Children’s Health Systems of Texas, UAB Medicine, and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Demonstrating a servant heart and true desire to help others, Foster coaches and advises physicians from a place of authenticity with deep expertise in organizational and human performance, he leverages brain science to enhance organizational effectiveness and influence change in his work with teams and physician leaders. As an international speaker and leadership expert, Dr. Expose serves as the president and Chief Learning Officer for Men of Color Leadership Conference, an annual leadership conference he holds under his Black Eagle Productions. With his success as an organizational and industrial psychologist, he’s counted in the elite group of the to 10% of his profession.
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[06] Angela Ammons
05/31/2021
[06] Angela Ammons
Angela Ammons is the Chief Executive Officer at Clinch Memorial Hospital. She became CEO of Clinch Memorial in 2017. Prior to her role as CEO at Clinch Memorial, she was the Nurse Manager for a Behavioral Unit at a nearby hospital. Angela’s nursing career did not end there, as she is known to fill in on the floor when the hospital faces staffing issues. Angela is the daughter of a Korean immigrant and Vietnam War veteran and was raised by her grandparents in Macon, Georgia. However; because of their tumultuous relationship, she left home at the age of 15. She was nearly homeless at this young age but overcame the challenges by waitressing the local Shoney’s restaurant. She eventually became the first college graduate on her mother’s side of the family. Since then, she has climbed the ranks from a receptionist at a doctor’s office to a registered nurse supervising a unit, to now, CEO. When Angela was hired as CEO, she was not actively looking for an administrative position. A member of the Clinch County Hospital Board approached her after hearing about her leadership skills while Nurse Manager of the Behavioral Unit. At the time, Clinch Memorial Hospital was suffering. On her first day at Clinch Memorial, she was told the hospital had just three days' cash on hand and if things did not change fast, the hospital would be closing its doors. Immediately, Angela began making the necessary changes to improve the financial stability of Clinch Memorial. This was not an easy task, as she had to completely change the culture of the hospital. This meant disrupting an environment that people had accepted for many years. However; now, three years later, Angela has significantly improved the financial stability of Clinch Memorial with new service lines. One of those service lines includes the lucrative swing bed program that treats intubated patients. In 2018, Angela was recognized as Hospital Leader of the Year by HomeTown Health, and a year later, Clinch Memorial Hospital was recognized as Hospital of the Year. Recently, she was featured in TIME Magazine for her work that saved Clinch Memorial Hospital from closure.
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[05] Kyle DeFur
05/24/2021
[05] Kyle DeFur
As president of trueU, an Indianapolis-based non-profit organization, Kyle DeFur leads a movement of over 70 like-minded businesses that believe that great companies make their people better. trueU provides a proven platform of programs and resources to help member company employees be the best version of themselves at work, at home and in the community. Prior to leading trueU, Kyle held executive leadership positions in hospital administration for over 25 years. He most recently served for 7 years as president of St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital, a 950-bed, $1.3 billion hospital organization in Indianapolis with more than 5,500 employees and 1,500 physicians. Hospital responsibilities included St.Vincent Indianapolis Acute Hospital; St.Vincent Women’s Hospital; Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital; Seton Specialty Hospitals and St.Vincent Stress Centers. During his tenure at St. Vincent Indianapolis, Kyle received the “Regent’s Award” for leadership and innovation from the American College of Healthcare Executives, and the hospital received national recognition as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News and World Report and one of the “Top 50 Hospitals in the Country” by Becker’s Hospital Review. Kyle graduated from Anderson University in Indiana with a bachelor’s degree then earned master’s degrees in hospital and health administration and business administration from Xavier University, Cincinnati. Kyle serves on the boards of Anderson University, Rotary Club of Indianapolis, Sheltering Wings, A Heart for Kids and Anderson First Church of the Nazarene. He and his wife of more than 30 years, Dana, have two grown sons, Cameron and Clayton. When not working Kyle enjoys mentoring, reading, golfing and actively serving his church.
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[04] Dan Nielsen
05/17/2021
[04] Dan Nielsen
A Lifetime Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (LFACHE), over the course of his career Dan has served as a hospital CEO, a senior leader and innovator of national healthcare education and networking programs, and a faculty member at four universities. He has also launched several successful businesses and is the author of two books on leadership—“Be An Inspirational Leader: Engage, Inspire, Empower” (2017), and “Presidential Leadership: Learning from United States Presidential Libraries & Museums” (2013). He offers keynotes, workshops, and team leadership development across America and is frequently consulted as a leadership mentor and coach. Dan is passionate about helping others develop leadership excellence and achieve greater success—personally, professionally, and organizationally. His current businesses, America’s Healthcare Leaders and the Dan Nielsen Company, were both created to do just that. By leveraging his unique life experiences and his gifts for writing and public speaking, it is Dan's mission to provide healthcare leaders and people from all industries and walks of life the resources they need to leverage their strengths and achieve greater success.
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[03] Tushar Vakil
05/10/2021
[03] Tushar Vakil
Tushar Vakil is one of the Top 100 Most Influential Thought Leaders to follow in 2021. He's certified as a Leadership Coach by Marshall Goldsmith, the world's number one leadership development thinker. Tushar believes leadership affects every type of organization and is passionate about impacting organizations and society positively through leadership. He's served in the US, the Middle East, and India and has individually coached more than 300 individual leaders around the world.
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[02] Don Gibson
05/03/2021
[02] Don Gibson
Don Gibson is a seasoned former medical researcher, healthcare executive, and professional association administrator. He's currently providing advanced educational, networking opportunities and mentoring, based on a history of helping organizations and individuals develop new strategies, advising careerists how to manage their career destiny, surface the best in personal capabilities, motivate and strengthen leadership attributes to help reach new levels of advanced knowledge and desired results. Don's Career Philosophy: Network or Not Work!™
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[01] Kyle Porter
04/27/2021
[01] Kyle Porter
Kyle Porter is the founder of GuidePost Marketing. He's a local business owner-turned marketer who helps entrepreneurs discover clear, compelling ways to talk about how they serve their customers. His firm, GuidePost Marketing, has helped dozens of businesses find clarity in their marketing and strategy. His strategies have helped leaders from nearly every industry grow their businesses with marketing that's both incredibly simple and incredibly effective. At its core, marketing is about building relationships. Kyle helps entrepreneurs position themselves as the trusted "guide" that leads customers to their desired result by employing empathy and authority. In this episode, he explains his approach and why it's so effective, no matter what business you're in.
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