Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Krister Ungerböck. Krister is a leadership communication expert, keynote speaker, and former CEO of a global tech company. At age 42, prior to exiting corporate life, Krister was CEO of one of the world’s largest family-owned software companies. Krister has had business operations in 40 countries, built businesses in 6 countries, and lived in 3 countries. He’s done all this while leading the company to over 3,000% growth. His team created 100 million dollars in shareholder value, won 5 Top Workplace Awards, achieved remarkable employee engagement levels of 99.3%, and became a dominant player in its market niche. Krister is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller 22 Talk SHIFTs: Tools to Transform Leadership in Business, in Partnership, and in Life. Links of Interest LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Website 22 Talk SHIFTs: Tools to Transform Leadership in Business, in Partnership, and in Life Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

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Episode 157: Krister Ungerböck

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Greg Ballard. Greg is the founder and CEO of Five C Consulting, a boutique firm based in Washington, D.C. Metro. His company works with a diverse set of clients ranging from mid-sized tech companies, large government agencies, military, and non-profits to radically improve strategic people investments and organizational performance. With over 20+ years of experience, Greg has developed extensive experience in management and leadership development through start-up, corporate, entrepreneurial, and faith-based enterprises. In prior roles, Greg has led and managed business units of 300+ and has personally mentored over 225 leaders. Greg has facilitated 300+ classroom/workshop experiences and organized or supported 1,400 large event experiences. Over the past six years, Greg has actively worked with CEO’s, operational executives, mid-level managers, and small business owners to improve their mindset, business habits and overall approach to management and leadership. He has helped executive professionals improve productivity, communicating difficult feedback, navigating politics, influencing, strategic decision making, mindset, designing habits that last and other management and leadership challenges. Greg holds an undergraduate degree in Cross-Cultural Communications and has participated in or led eight foreign service trips around the world. Greg is active in his community, a member of a regional chamber, and support of several non-profit organizations. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website Instagram Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 156: Greg Ballard

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Amii Barnard-Bahn. Amii is a former Fortune Global 50 executive and is a consultant to the C-Suite and leaders at global companies like Bank of the West, Adobe and The Gap. Recognized by Forbes as one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives, she is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches. Amii guest lectures at Stanford and UC Berkeley, is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Compliance Week, and is a Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website Promotability Index® Assessment Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 155: Amii Barnard-Bahn

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Jim Detert. Jim is the John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration in the Leadership and Organizational Behavior area at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and a Professor of Public Policy at the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Jim's research focuses on workplace courage, improvement-oriented voice (why people speak up or stay silent at work), ethical decision-making and behavior, and other leadership-related topics. This research, as well as his consulting experiences, has been conducted across a variety of global high-technology and service-oriented industries as well as public sector institutions. His research has won several academic best paper awards and is regularly featured in various online and print media outlets. Detert has also written many teaching cases and other curriculum materials and designed leadership and ethics classes taught to thousands of students of all ages around the world in degree and non-degree formats. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and curriculum development in both MBA and Executive MBA settings at Cornell and the University of Virginia. Jim is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, and the author of the book Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work, published by Harvard Business Review Press. Jim received his M.A. in sociology and Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Harvard University. He also holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota and a BBA from the University of Wisconsin. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 154: Jim Detert

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Dave Robinson. Dave is the founder and CEO of Vertical Performance Enterprises, a leadership and management consulting company specializing in executive leadership development and organizational performance improvement. A former fighter pilot, TOPGUN instructor, and U.S. Marine Corps colonel with over three decades of experience leading high-performing teams in complex, dynamic, high-stakes operating environments, Dave is a senior advisor to Fortune 1000 companies and an international speaker on the subject of leadership effectiveness. His passion is helping leaders inspire their teams to change their world. Dave grew up in Winchester, Virginia and currently lives with his family in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website The Substance of Leadership: A Practical Framework for Effectively Leading a High-Performing Team Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 153: Dave Robinson

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Deb Coviello. Deb is an advisor, author, podcast host, and Founder of Illumination Partners, a consulting firm for CEO’s navigating change. A trusted partner to C-Suite Leaders, Deb brings 25+ years of experience and strategy in Quality and Operational Excellence roles combined with her 20 years in the Flavors and Fragrance industry to support her clients as they work together to identify, assess, and solve the issues that are preventing their business growth. Certified as Lean and Six Sigma Blackbelt in Process Improvement, she has developed powerful programs devoted to helping CEO’s identify emerging leaders, understanding “People’’ are your greatest tool in your toolbox. Deb is a board member of Women in Flavor & Fragrance Commerce, (WFFC), an avid Curler with the Cincinnati Curling Club, a mother of three and resides in Cincinnati Ohio with her Husband Dan of 32 years. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website The CEO's Compass: Your guide to get back on track Drop in CEO Podcast Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 152: Deb Coviello

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Kim Cameron. Kim is the William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations in the Ross School of Business and Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. He is a co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan, and he has also served as a dean, associate dean, and department chair. His research on organizational virtuousness and other topics has been published in more than 140 scholarly articles and 16 academic books. He was recently recognized as being among the top 10 scholars in the organizational sciences whose work has been most frequently downloaded from Google. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website Positively Energizing Leadership: Virtuous Actions and Relationships That Create High Performance Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 151: Kim Cameron

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Lance Tanaka. Lance is a Japanese-American who was born, raised and educated in the US, but has spent much of his professional life living and working throughout Asia. He is currently the founder and Managing Director of Asia Executive Resource Ltd. (AER), a company that provides executive coaching for the “best of the best” global and local companies throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe and US. He has published 3 books, Stories from the Top, Tend Your Garden, Dream and Achieve and leads 2 podcast series, Tanaka in Three and Stories from the Top. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website Dream and Achieve: 90 Days to a life of purpose Stories from the Top: The 8 Core Leadership Challenges and How the Best Executives Overcame Them Tend Your Garden: 90 Days to a life of purpose Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 150: Lance Tanaka

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Mike Horne, an Executive Coach and author who coaches leaders to avoid, minimize and reduce poor outcomes related to people and culture actions and decisions. Mike is advancing Authentic Leadership in the world, coaching leaders to close the gap between probable and possible, and to bring their best in every situation to spur innovation. Mike is also the author of Integrity by Design: Working and Living Authentically. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website Integrity by Design: Working and Living Authentically Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 149: Mike Horne

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Robert Mixon. Robert is a retired U.S. Army Major General, former President of a manufacturing company, former Executive V. P. of a diverse, innovative not-for-profit company, and founder and President of Level Five Associates – a leadership team with a focus on value-based leadership that works. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website Cows in the Living Room: Developing an Effective Strategic Plan and Sustaining It We're All In: The Journey to a World-Class Culture Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 148: Robert Mixon

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Genein Letford who is an award-winning speaker, best-selling author and corporate trainer on creative thinking and Intercultural Creativity™. She is the founder of CAFFE Strategies, and has inspired and led many to reconnect to their creative abilities in order to produce innovative ideas for an inclusive workspace. She believes creative literacy is a critical skill and she is often called ‘America’s Creativity Coach’ for her work in reigniting creativity in our workforce. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website From Debt to Destiny: Creating Financial Freedom from the Inside Out Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 147: Genein Letford

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Buzz Knight. Buss develops and leads strategies that drive audio content and platform innovation for media companies by discovering top talent, building new engaged audiences, and creating new revenue streams and brand partnerships. Buzz led the content strategy for 14 years as the Senior Vice President of Greater Media—a multiplatform company with 21 digital and on-air radio stations in five U.S. markets. He began his career as an on-air personality and program director for four U.S. radio stations across the country, including CBS Radio’s WZLX in Boston. Buzz rebranded this station and elevated it from the bottom of the local market to one of the top U.S. classic rock stations and a consistent top-5 ratings leader nationwide. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website I'd really appreciate it if you would click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 146: Buzz Knight

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Steve Orrin, an experienced Chief Technology Officer and Entrepreneur, concentrating on security and security related topics & technologies as well as federal and enterprise business challenges. Steve has founded 2 ISV start-ups and brought them through productization and customer delivery and has taken an development stage security company through acquisition. He is a regular speaker on security, privacy, data science and applications, and technology innovation topics, with specialties in areas such as cybersecurity, virtualization security, and steganography. Links of Interest LinkedIn I'd really appreciate it if you would click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 145: Steve Orrin

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with June Chin Ramsey, an entrepreneurial leader who thrives in fast-paced and rapidly changing environments. She is a strategist, a catalyst, an operator, and steward of assets. With strong domain expertise in accounting, FP&A, data insights, and the technical marketing sides of the business, June is currently the CEO of Context Travel, a unique organization which operates as a network of scholars and specialists whose aim is to invite travelers off the tourist track and into the real life of the people, history, and culture of the world's greatest cities. June is fueled by a vision for a just and equitable society, and the belief that every individual can make a difference. We are thrilled to have her with us today. Links of Interest LinkedIn www.contexttravel.com I'd really appreciate it if you would click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 144: June Chin Ramsey

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Bob Kelleher. Bob is a best-selling author, international keynote speaker, and consultant who travels the globe sharing his insights on employee engagement, leadership, and workforce trends. Bob is the author of multiple books including "I-Engage:Your Personal Engagement Roadmap," and his best-selling book "Louder Than Words: 10 Practical Employee Engagement Steps That Drive Results." Bob is the founder of The Employee Engagement Group, a global consulting firm that works with leadership teams to implement best in class leadership and employee engagement programs, workshops, and surveys. Links of Interest LinkedIn employeeengagement.com bobkelleher.com I-Engage: Your Personal Engagement Roadmap Louder Than Words: Ten Practical Employee Engagement Steps That Drive Results I'd really appreciate it if you would click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Episode 143: Bob Kelleher

On Be Brave at Work, leadership coach, author and speaker Ed Evarts shares stories about people saying what needs to be said and doing what needs to be done in their workplace. Talking to people just like you who have shown bravery in creative and innovative ways.

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