Authentic Leadership for Everyday People

Today's guest is Dr. Amanda Blake, a Body/Mind leadership coach, founder of Embright and author of the book Your Body Is Your Mind. We discuss her unique career path that marries the intricacies of mind-body science with the art of leadership and behavior change. We started with a very honest discussion of what it took her to find her true calling, and there are a few interesting learnings in that conversation if you are still in search of the career that fulfills your purpose.

Then we talked about the connection between body and mind - how it works and the impact it has on our leadership. Amanda also shared a couple actionable somatic practices that you can adopt immediately.

Key Moments

[1:23] Intro

[2:54] Amanda's journey

[8:23] Finding her calling - and advice for people searching

[26:02] What is body mind work

[35:43] Practices you can start now

[44:08] Hobby/Expression that drives her crazy/food for the body food for the soul

Christian "Boo" Boucousis is the CEO of Afterburner and a former fighter pilot for the Royal Australian Air Force. In our discussion he talks about his personal history, the key components of the training fighter pilots go through, and how the leadership traits developed through this training apply in every environment.

What you will hear are not the trite stereotypes about toughness we usually hear when people talk about applying military principles to corporate leadership. You will hear about outcome focused leadership, self-awareness, credibility, trust and approachability. And at the end of the conversation Boo also shared a couple of practices you can start immediately to apply those principles to your own leadership.

Key Moments

[01:10] Episode intro

[02:50] Boo's story

[06:31] Power of fighter pilot training

[11:37] Different leadership dimensions

[21:11] Unexpected aspects of leadership lessons from fighter pilot model

[27:51] Tips to apply fighter pilot leadership model immediately

[39:58] Hobby, business jargon that drives Boo crazy and food for the body/food for the soul

Greg Bedard of Boston Sports Journal joins us for a candid discussion on his shift from a traditional sports journalism career to forging his own path in the digital media world. We navigate the highs and lows of starting a subscription-based sports website amidst an industry shrinking and in turmoil.

With a focus on authenticity and reader engagement, Greg shares his journey and the core values that have propelled his platform to become a champion of quality sports content in a sea of clickbait.

At the end of the episode, Greg taps into his deep NFL knowledge to answer six "what if" scenarios involving among others Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck, Bill Belichik and Tom Brady and the Patriots.

Key Moments

[1:03]Episode Intro

[4:07] Greg Bedard career and how he founded BSJ

[11:49] Lessons from Peter King & Sports Illustrated MMBQ

[13:52] BSJ vision & building BSJ Team

[20:02] Perspective on journalism industry

[27:37] Work philosophy

[30:48] Six hypothetical questions on the NFL

Today we talk about leadership, partnerships and co-founders. Our guest is Annie Garofalo, Founder and CEO of Confidante. She specializes in preventing co-founder conflicts. Her approach is a combination of her experience as a co-founder herself and a rigorous academic background.

In our discussion we covered all the steps to building a successful co-founder relationship, starting with figuring our whether you actually need a co-founder. If the answer to the question is yes, we talked about how to find the right co-founder and the best practices in setting up the relationship and managing conflict.

Key Moments

[1:08] Intro

[2:27] Annie's story and background

[15:21] Do you need a co-founder and best practices to set up successful co-founder relationships

[33:05] Favorite hobby

[34:06] Jargon that drives Annie crazy

[35:09] Food for the body or food for the soul

How does stress impact leaders? In today's episode host Dino Cattaneo shares a framework and areas of intervention to manage stress as an individual and as the leader of an organization.