Moving Forward Leadership: Inspire | Mentor | Lead

There’s a lot of hype, hand waving, and ink being spilled about artificial intelligence in business—and enterprises are taking the bait. According to a 2019 report by Gartner, AI implementation has grown by an astounding 270 percent in the past four years and has tripled in the last year alone. By 2021, IDC researchers predict that organizations will spend $52.2 billion annually on AI-related products. We’ve spent decades feeding AI vast amounts of data and propping it up with energy-hungry data centers. But despite its speed and smarts, AI lacks one critical element: common sense. AI simply can’t replicate the decision-making abilities of its flesh-and-blood counterparts. AI isn’t ready for prime time. But the Humachine is. John Wood is a graduate of NYU School of Law and TCU where he earned his bachelors degrees summa cum laude in English and Philosophy. He is a member of the New York and Texas State Bar Associations and has provided Continuing Professional Education programs on insurance, copyleft, and ar

It's been a heck of a ride. In this episode of the Moving Forward Leadership Podcast I keep it simple. Just one question but many answers. In this episode you'll hear from many past guests and a few future quests. As they answer: How can leaders best serve their people today? Moving Forward Leadership Resources Keep on top of Moving Forward Leadership with all the resources which I have established for you: POWER Goals Program - If you are ready to stop complaining and start achieving those goals which you have been trying to achieve for some time now. Then stop chasing your dreams and start achieving them through my very own POWER Goals program. Learn about picking the right goals, figuring out how to achieve them, getting on track with achieving them and most importantly how to get back on track when you fail... because you will. Learn more here! Moving Forward Leadership Resources - Check out the Moving Forward Leadership Resources section where I list every single resource mentioned on the show. As we

The world is moving at an ever increasing pace yet leaders are becoming more and more bogged down by everything which they are expected to achieve. Sometimes the best strategic is not actually learn how to speed up but rather how and when to slow down. Liz Bywater has been called a one-of-a-kind leadership expert. Working at the intersection of business and psychology, Liz integrates deep expertise in human behavior and organizational dynamics with a pragmatic mindset and engaging personal style to help her executive clients thrive in an increasingly complex world. Liz works with top executives and management teams across an array of companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AmerisourceBergen, Nike, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Biotronik, EMD Serono, Thomson Reuters and more. She provides her clients with expert guidance and pragmatic tools to accelerate success, based on more than 25 years of experience Slow Down to Speed Up Topics During this interview, Liz and I discuss the followin

Decision making is the task which leaders are tasked with the most during their day. Unfortunately most leaders are not trained how to properly make decision and therefore end up simply "going with their gut" and not necessarily making an informed decision. Thus, as a leaders you should never go with your gut but learn how to make proper decisions. Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is a cognitive neuroscientist and expert on behavioral economics and decision making. As CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, he spent over two decades consulting, coaching, speaking and training hundreds of clients across North America, Europe, and Australia, including Aflac, IBM, Honda, Wells Fargo, and the World Wildlife Fund. With over 15 years in academia, including 7 as a professor at Ohio State University, he published dozens of peer-reviewed pieces in academic journals such as Behavior and Social Issues and the Journal of Social and Political Psychology. His thought leadership is featured in Fast Company, CBS News, Time, CNBC, Inc Magazine

There are no other leadership lessons which are in comparison than those which are learned on the front lines. The Royal Marines of the UK's armed forces know all too well this lesson. Military leaders are trained to think quickly, be decisive, and most importantly the importance of taking care of their soldiers. All leadership traits which apply as much in service as out of service. Rod Yapp is a former Royal Marine Officer and the founder of Leadership Forces, a program that takes the high performance principles of the Royal Marines and applies it to leadership development. Rod has exemplified leadership on the front lines (literally) in Afghanistan and Libya and now uses that experience in order to develop leaders within organizations such as Land Rover, HSBC, and NATO. Lead like a Royal Marine Topics During this interview, Roderic and I discuss the following topics: What the Royal Marines taught him of leadershipHow his first bosses were great mentorsHow subordinates can mentor a leaderWhat leadership

Even leaders have their "baggage" which affects their emotions and can have negative consequences on their performance. Our people and organizations deserve leaders who operate at their peak, this is where neuroscience can come into play and give leaders that advantage. Michele is the founder and CEO of Nectar Consulting Inc., and co-author of the best-selling book “Breakthrough Healing”. She works with executives and entrepreneurs bringing more than 25 years of experience, intuitive insights and strategic business savvy to their success. She is an expert at enhancing the capacity of leaders, to build high performing teams and exponentially increase bottom-line results. Neuroscience Of Success Topics During my interview, Michele and I discuss the following topics: How she became an expert in the fieldWhy leaders should care about neuroscienceHow leaders can use neuroscience to their advantageAdvice for leaders who have a hard time controlling their emotionsHow leaders can release their “baggage” and move

The world is constantly changing and it is becoming more and more difficult to keep up with "the Jones'" per say. Teams are no different in this case. Teams need to evolve and change over time to ensure that they stay relevant and meet your organization's needs. So it's imperative that you learn how to transform your team for the future. Not learning this could cause something that work okay to crash and burn. In 2000, Jill Valdez joined a start up team for a non-profit organization and was thrust into creating all of the systems and processes necessary to grow the organization. Eight years later, they were operating on two sites with a 30% increase in clients and a simple operations plan that was successfully passed on to the next director. Her next position was for an established organization that had been doing things the same way for over 40 years. Her empathy, combined with her aptitude for assessing people and connecting their passion to a purpose, allowed her to introduce updated processes in order fo

Organizational productivity is linked to the organization's culture. If the organization's culture is of one which stuffs out ideas, limits creativity, or enables backstabbing then it will implode. However, if your organization embraces a culture where people can talk, collaborate, and resolve conflicts then it'll be a highly productive culture. For 30 years as a management consultant, executive coach, and facilitator, Liz Kislik has helped clients such as American Express, Orvis, The Girl Scouts, Comcast, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Highlights for Children solve their thorniest problems while strengthening their top and bottom lines. Her specialty is developing high performing leaders and teams. Liz is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Entrepreneur, and gave a TEDx talk on “Why There’s So Much Conflict at Work and What You Can Do to Fix It.” She has served as adjunct faculty at Hofstra University and New York University. Highly Productive Culture Topics During this interview,

It’s 2019, almost 2020 yet gender-based biases still exist in the western world. Leaders need to stand and making eliminating gender biased workplaces a thing of the pass. The ideology that a gender is inferior to another must be stuffed out if our organizations are going to succeed in the future. Andie Kramer and Al Harris are married, practicing lawyers who have been mentoring women and speaking and writing about gender communication for more than 30 years. Through their writing, their keynotes, and their global workshops, Andie and Al help multinational organizations better understand the power of gender in the workplace, providing concrete, non-disruptive suggestions for workplace changes to make women’s career opportunities more comparable to men’s. Gender Biased Workplaces Topics During this interview, I discuss the following topics with Andie and Al: Why does gender-biases still existKey reasons why the gender gap closure has stalled.How leaders can aware of their own biasesHow can leaders best stu

As leaders we need to prepare for the future the best we can. It's impossible to foresee events such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 2008 financial crisis, or even a key person leaving the organization but we can develop the skill sets to adapt, adjust, and overcome to ensure the impact is minimal. Leading into the future means that we as leaders do our best to ensure that our people and our organizations are set up for success. Diana Wu David is the author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in the Age of Acceleration, a book about how to adopt more agile mindsets and practices to prepare yourself for success in a fast-changing world, across a 100-year life. A former Financial Times executive, Diana now works a CEO and board level to boost agility and collaboration and build a competitive, resilient workforce. Her clients have included Credit Suisse, The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Wharf Hotel Management Group, Expedia, the World Bank, Asia Development Bank and KPMG. Leading Into the Future Topics Dur

The world is constantly changing, this has been said over and over again. In order to keep relevant organizations need to change with current trends. However, those organizations which are well-established and successful are often those the most difficult to change. It is a paradigm of epic proportions. Therefore, leaders within these organizations need to learn that transforming their organizations is crucial in order to remain competitive when the startup is the most powerful organization currently. Kris Østergaard is the co-founder and Chief Learning & Innovation Officer of SingularityU Nordic, a country partner of Singularity University, as well as a faculty member of Singularity University. Kris is the author of Transforming Legacy Organizations: Turn Your Established Business into an Innovation Champion to Win the Future; translator of the best-selling business book Exponential Organizations into Danish; and also the co-author of The Fundamental 4s: How to Design Extraordinary Customer Experiences

Burn out continues to be a world problem and with technology today people cannot get away from their workplace. This is just as relevant to leaders as their subordinates and as both it is important to recognize this issues in both your people as well as your boss. Sometimes, as a junior or middle leader, or even as a subordinate we need to step in and help our bosses recognize their own burn out. Vicky Oliver is an award-winning author of 6 books on career development. Her savvy career advice has been featured in over 901 media outlets, including the NY Times, WSJ, NY Post, and Esquire. She blogs for B2C, ThriveGlobal, Harvard Business Review Ascend, LifeHack, and KivoDaily. Her 3rd book, Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers & Other Office Idiots (Sourcebooks, 2008) won 9 awards, including the National Best Books Award for "Best Business Careers Book," and placed in the NY, SF and Hollywood Book Festivals. Saving Your Burned Out Boss Topics During this interview, Vicki and I discuss a range of topics including

From time to time we leaders need to sit down and think about what is in store for the future. What issues are on the horizon, what will be our challenges, and how can we best prepare for them. In this solo episode, I simply share some thoughts I have had over the past couple of days or weeks. I discuss topics such as changes to business, technology impacts, globalization, the next generation among others. Enjoy! Moving Forward Leadership Resources Keep on top of Moving Forward Leadership with all the resources which I have established for you: POWER Goals Program - If you are ready to stop complaining and start achieving those goals which you have been trying to achieve for some time now. Then stop chasing your dreams and start achieving them through my very own POWER Goals program. Learn about picking the right goals, figuring out how to achieve them, getting on track with achieving them and most importantly how to get back on track when you fail... because you will. Learn more here! Moving Forward Lea

Welcome to the Monday Leadership Minute. This just a quick and dirty weekly segment where I talk about whatever leadership topic is ongoing or in my mind. If you have something you would like to hear during this segment, be sure to reach out to me via: scott@movingforwardleadership.com There are no show notes for these, just enjoy. Moving Forward Leadership Resources Keep on top of Moving Forward Leadership with all the resources which I have established for you: POWER Goals Program - If you are ready to stop complaining and start achieving those goals which you have been trying to achieve for some time now. Then stop chasing your dreams and start achieving them through my very own POWER Goals program. Learn about picking the right goals, figuring out how to achieve them, getting on track with achieving them and most importantly how to get back on track when you fail... because you will. Learn more here! Moving Forward Leadership Resources - Check out the Moving Forward Leadership Resources section wher

Welcome to the Monday Leadership Minute. This just a quick and dirty weekly segment where I talk about whatever leadership topic is ongoing or in my mind. If you have something you would like to hear during this segment, be sure to reach out to me via: scott@movingforwardleadership.com There are no show notes for these, just enjoy. Moving Forward Leadership Resources Keep on top of Moving Forward Leadership with all the resources which I have established for you: POWER Goals Program - If you are ready to stop complaining and start achieving those goals which you have been trying to achieve for some time now. Then stop chasing your dreams and start achieving them through my very own POWER Goals program. Learn about picking the right goals, figuring out how to achieve them, getting on track with achieving them and most importantly how to get back on track when you fail... because you will. Learn more here! Moving Forward Leadership Resources - Check out the Moving Forward Leadership Resources section wher

Welcome to the Monday Leadership Minute. This just a quick and dirty weekly segment where I talk about whatever leadership topic is ongoing or in my mind. If you have something you would like to hear during this segment, be sure to reach out to me via: scott@movingforwardleadership.com There are no show notes for these, just enjoy. Moving Forward Leadership Resources Keep on top of Moving Forward Leadership with all the resources which I have established for you: POWER Goals Program - If you are ready to stop complaining and start achieving those goals which you have been trying to achieve for some time now. Then stop chasing your dreams and start achieving them through my very own POWER Goals program. Learn about picking the right goals, figuring out how to achieve them, getting on track with achieving them and most importantly how to get back on track when you fail... because you will. Learn more here! Moving Forward Leadership Resources - Check out the Moving Forward Leadership Resources section wher

All great leaders struggle from time to time. It's a part of the honour and burden of being in a leadership role. However, it is important to know that as a leader often these struggles are just a fragment of our imagination. Or that we as leaders are not alone in this journey and that there are others doing the job better than us. As leaders we need to recognize these struggles but most importantly be equipped with the tools in order to deal with them. These tools are not always easy nor simply in us alone. However, with the right attitude any leader can overcome any leadership struggle which they are facing. Leadership Struggles Topics In this solo episode I cover the following leadership struggles today: It’s Lonely at the topImpostor SyndromeFailing peoplePublic failuresOver-committedBeing Weakness Focused Moving Forward Leadership Resources Keep on top of Moving Forward Leadership with all the resources which I have established for you: POWER Goals Program - If you are ready to stop complaining an

Welcome to the Monday Leadership Minute. This just a quick and dirty weekly segment where I talk about whatever leadership topic is ongoing or in my mind. If you have something you would like to hear during this segment, be sure to reach out to me via: scott@movingforwardleadership.com There are no show notes for these, just enjoy. Moving Forward Leadership Resources Keep on top of Moving Forward Leadership with all the resources which I have established for you: POWER Goals Program - If you are ready to stop complaining and start achieving those goals which you have been trying to achieve for some time now. Then stop chasing your dreams and start achieving them through my very own POWER Goals program. Learn about picking the right goals, figuring out how to achieve them, getting on track with achieving them and most importantly how to get back on track when you fail... because you will. Learn more here! Moving Forward Leadership Resources - Check out the Moving Forward Leadership Resources section wher

Leaders need to be true to themselves, their organizations and most importantly to their people. Today, with the intense pace of daily activities, obligations, and the never-ending stream of information through social media, it is difficult to remain focused and mindful of our actions and surroundings. Losing touch with reality and the world can leave leaders lost and on a path of destruction which could prove to be disastrous for all those involved. Ora is a certified Life Coach, certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher, and author of Says Who? How One Simple Question Can Change the Way You Think Forever, which is based on a unique method for transforming negative and fear-based thoughts. Ora is a frequent blogger on Huffington Post, and has written extensively for magazines like MindBodyGreen, You Beauty, You Health, Mama Glow, Success, Conscious Lifestyle, LA Yoga, Women's Health, and many others. She has also been a guest on over 100 radio shows around the country like Transformation Talk, Mental Wellnes

Welcome to the Monday Leadership Minute. This just a quick and dirty weekly segment where I talk about whatever leadership topic is ongoing or in my mind. If you have something you would like to hear during this segment, be sure to reach out to me via: scott@movingforwardleadership.com There are no show notes for these, just enjoy. Moving Forward Leadership Resources Keep on top of Moving Forward Leadership with all the resources which I have established for you: POWER Goals Program - If you are ready to stop complaining and start achieving those goals which you have been trying to achieve for some time now. Then stop chasing your dreams and start achieving them through my very own POWER Goals program. Learn about picking the right goals, figuring out how to achieve them, getting on track with achieving them and most importantly how to get back on track when you fail... because you will. Learn more here! Moving Forward Leadership Resources - Check out the Moving Forward Leadership Resources section wher