Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, , the podcast where we investigate the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. If you are looking for inspiration and tips on how to become a better leader by being your true self, you are in the right place. Today we talk to Jackie Hermes, Founder and CEO of Accelity, a B2B Marketing Agency that specializes in helping SaaS Software companies grow their business, and host of The Art of Entrepreneurship podcast. Jackie shares ...

Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, , the podcast where we investigate the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. If you are looking for inspiration and tips on how to become a better leader by being your true self, you are in the right place. Today we talk to Andy Alsop, the President and CEO of The Receptionist, the company that made the original iPad based visitor management system. Andy is a serial entrepreneur. In the past 30 and more years, he was part o...

Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, , the podcast where we investigate the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. If you are looking for inspiration and tips on how to become a better leader by being your true self, you are in the right place. The featured guest of this episode is Dorie Clark, who was named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Lea...

Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, the podcast that investigates the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. In my show my guests are asked to share their story, be authentic, transparent and vulnerable. It is only fair that I do the same for them and for you, my listeners. This is part two of the episodes where I am turning the microphone over to my new friend Randy Wilburn, who will ask me the same questions I ask my guests. How do I define authenticity? Wha...

Dino Cattaneo - My Story Part 1 - Authenticity and Measuring Success Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, the podcast that investigates the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. In my show my guests are asked to share their story, be authentic, transparent and vulnerable. It is only fair that I do the same for them and for you, my listeners. So in the next two episodes, I am turning the microphone over to my new friend Randy Wilburn, who will ask me the same q...

Episode 19: Randy Wilburn - Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship and Leadership Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, the podcast that investigates the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. Our guest today is Randy Wilburn. Over the course of his career, Randy developed deep expertise in multiple disciplines. In a world that pushes people to specialize, Randy has followed his entrepreneurial passion to create a firm where he can integrate all the facets of his pe...

Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, the podcast that investigates the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. Today, I am speaking with my former professor from Harvard Business School, Debora Spar. In addition to her role at Harvard, Debora served as the President of Barnard College from 2008 to 2017, where she led initiatives to highlight women’s leadership and advancement, including the creation of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies and the development...

We continue the discussion with Harvey Seifter & Fred Mandell. Harvey & Fred are the founders of Creating Futures That Work, a company that uses creative arts and teaching specifically creative arts to people as a way to foster and develop innovation and the ability to work with others. In this Part 2, Harvey and Fred share the story of how they met and what inspired them to launch Creating Futures That Work. They talk about creating an arts-based learning program and the lessons and insights th...

Harvey Seifter & Fred Mandell are the founders of Creating Futures That Work, a company that uses teaching creative arts to people as a way to foster and develop the ability to innovate and collaborate with others. Harvey and Fred share each of their unique leadership journeys and lessons and insights they gleaned along the way. Harvey speaks to his experience working with Orpheus, an orchestra made famous because it’s a conductor-less orchestra. Fred shares his experience working in the Financi...

This is the second of two episodes featuring leaders still in the early phases of their trajectories. Entrepreneurs who founded their businesses fairly young, in underserved niches, and who are only a few years into their journey. Today’s guest is Vikrant Shaurya, the Founder and CEO of BestSellingBook.com . As you can tell by the name of his business, Vikrant found a very interesting niche. His company helps aspiring authors conceptualize, write, self-publish, and market books. Vikrant started...

This is the first of two episodes featuring leaders still in the early phases of their trajectories. Entrepreneurs who founded their businesses fairly young, in underserved niches, and who are only a few years into their journey. Matt Wigler is a jazz musician who saw an opportunity in a specific entertainment market and launched a successful business. When that market was hit by the pandemic, he turned the sales experience he gained running his first business into a sales consulting business, a...

Gabriella Arcadu is a political scientist and the co-founder of 4 Change, a leadership training organization. Gabriella spent over 20 years working with leaders and institutions of countries who have gone through war and unrest and helps them transition to peace. As result, she has been in the field and deeply involved in many of the significant international crises that our planet experienced in the past 30 years. She spent significant time in various African countries, in Kosovo, Afghanistan, ...

Alisa Cohn has been recognized as the Top Startup Coach and has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. Her book "From Startup to Grownup" (Kogan Page) will be released in Oct 2021. In our conversation, we talked about her decision to leave corporate America to start her own business and some of the factors that people facing a similar decision should be taking into consideration. We then talked about how CEOs and leaders can navigate difficult business ...

This is a special episode for the 4th of July holiday. It brings together all the answers from the previous episodes to the question: which business expression or cliche or jargon drives you crazy? In addition to the answer from previous episodes, this also includes a preview of episode 12, as well as my own personal answer to the question!

Our guest today is Armin Molavi, Principal of Amolavi Consulting, a Marketing Strategy firm, and CEO of Hotel Business Magazine. We talked about finding the balance between being your authentic self and fully embracing who you are, and being able to work with a diverse group of stakeholders - peers, direct reports, bosses, clients. We also discussed his experience managing a distributed team while working remotely for 3 years, and how those lessons apply to managers who are navigating the new po...

Today we delve deep into authenticity, vulnerability and the power of resetting your life. Our guest is leadership mentor and branding coach, Kasey Jones. Kasey helps entrepreneurs to gain clarity on what they are doing and where they’d like to go. In June of 2020, was almost killed by a dog attack. Today, she opens up about the experience how it changed her, and the incredible gifts that came from her overcoming this challenging time. We speak about trauma, living life without fear and what we ...

Our guest today is Marcel Quiroga, Founder and CEO of TQM Wealth Partners, a registered investment advisory firm. Marcel is not your typical founder of a wealth management firm. First of all, she is a woman in an industry that is still very much a male dominated industry. Second, she has a unique international perspective. She grew up in the US from Bolivian parents, went back to Bolivia to start her career and then came back to the US. Finally, she put herself through college while raising her ...

If you enter the phrase “top digital marketers in the world” in a google search, chances are you will get a list with 10 names, and among those names, you will find Rand Fishkin, our guest for today. Rand is an entrepreneur and author. Currently he is CEO of SparkToro, an organization that helps entrepreneurs, marketers, and product folks of all stripes uncover the publications and people that influence their target audience. In this episode, Rand talks about the importance of building organizat...

The Power of Voice Roundtable This is the first special edition roundtable episode. These episodes provide an in depth look at an interesting topic. They feature guests who are experts in the specific area, who share their experience and then discuss the connection between that area and leadership Today’s topic is the connection between voice, creativity and leadership. Allison Bennie, Jenee Halstead and Ruby Rose Fox have one thing in common. Each one of them started their career as a singer an...

Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, the podcast that investigates the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. Today, Dino is sitting down with speaker, author and catalyst, Dr. Steve Yacovelli, a.k.a. “The Gay Leadership Dude.” Steve is the Founder and Principle of Top Dog Learning Group, a firm that provides guidance and solutions in leadership, change management, diversity and inclusion. Steve is an expert practitioner in leadership, change management and div...

Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, the podcast that investigates the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. Today, Dino is sitting down with musician, activist and educator, Erin Barra. Erin is an authoritative voice in music, tech and education and currently serves as the Director of Popular Music at Arizona State University. Today, Dino and Erin’s vision for the new music program she launched aimed at giving access to world class music education to the unde...

Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, the podcast that investigates the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. Today, Dino is sitting down with executive advisor, consultant and former CMO of Aetna, Dave Edelman. Dave has been a partner at a couple of top consulting firms and a key member of the team that built Digitas into a major digital agency. Dino begins by speaking to the profound lessons he learned from Dave throughout their time working together at Digit...

The featured guest is Rishad Tobaccowala, business innovator and author of the book "Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in The Age of Data". He goes through his career journey and talks about how he used his early experiences to identify and understand the qualities that help leaders attract and retain the best talent. We then cover the importance of defining success for yourself and not have others define it. Since this interview was conducted in the summer of 2020, we also talked about how the pandemic affected and will affect the way we think about our priorities.

Welcome to Authentic Leadership for Everyday People, the podcast that investigates the connection between effective leadership and authenticity. Kathy Dyer has decades of experience managing large global firms and serves on a number of corporate and non-for-profit boards. Kathy talks about how she developed and cultivated her leadership style throughout the years, lessons she’s learned from key mentors and the importance of being well-rounded. Finally, Kathy talks about the work she’s done at CA...