A highly-regarded leadership scholar and an experienced executive, Jim served as president, CEO, and chairman of the Tom Peters Company from 1988 through 1999, and prior to that led the Executive Development Center at Santa Clara University (1981–1987). He founded the Joint Center for Human Services Development at San Jose State University (1972–1980) and was on the staff of the School of Social Work, University of Texas. His career in training and development began in 1969 when he conducted seminars for Community Action Agency staff and volunteers in the war on poverty. Following graduation from Michigan State University (BA degree with honors in political science), he served as a Peace Corps volunteer (1967–1969).
Jim discusses how he became interested in leadership based on President John F. Kennedy’s call to the nation.
Everyone is capable and responsible to become a leader; we all make a difference.
Leadership is an affair of the heart and rooted in love; Learn how the belief that we have to be “hard & emotionless” as leaders is a tragic myth.
Learn that Courage is a choice and we are all capable of courageous actions; Jim uses Rosa Parks courageous story to drive this home.
David Allen is an author, consultant, international lecturer, founder and chairman of the David Allen Company. He is widely recognized as the world’s leading authority on personal and organizational productivity. His thirty years of pioneering research, coaching and education of some of the world’s highest-performing professionals, corporations and institutions, has earned him Forbes’ recognition as one of the top five executive coaches in the United States. He was also named one of the “Top 100 thought leaders” byLeadership Magazine.
Fast Company hailed David Allen “One of the world’s most influential thinkers” in the arena of personal productivity, for his outstanding programs and writing on time and stress management, the power of aligned focus and vision, and his ground-breaking methodologies in management and executive peak performance.
Time Magazine labeled his first book, Getting Things Done as “the defining self-help business book of its time.” David Allen is the author of three books: The international bestseller, Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity, Ready For Anything, and Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life. Getting Things Done has been a perennial business bestseller since it’s publication in 2001, and is now published in 28 languages.
David gives and overview of the Getting Things Done (GTD) Process and how you can get started today.
GTD is less about organization and more about “Freeing space in the mind”.
Leaders at every level need to free up bandwidth to maximize their leadership potential.
David discusses his famous “Mind Like Water” concept.
Major General Perry M. Smith is an internationally known speaker, TV commentator, and bestselling author. Hundreds of millions of television viewers world-wide have come to know him for his regular appearances in CBS News during the current War in Iraq. He first became well known during the ’91 Persian Gulf War for his many appearances as a military analyst for the Cable News Network, the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour and NBC News. Smith is the president of Visionary Leadership and he has conducted workshops on leadership, strategic planning or ethics for Harvard’s Kennedy School, UPS, Tiffany and Company, The Chautauqua Institution, The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, Texas Instruments, The West Virginia Hospital Association, Andersen Consulting, the WK Kellogg Foundation, and Microsoft, as well as the governors of three states, and the mayor of Detroit. He also gives keynote speeches at conventions and conferences. His seven year relationship with CNN ended on June 14, 1998 when he resigned over an issue of integrity (CNN’s egregious special accusing the military of using lethal nerve gas to kill our own soldiers during the Vietnam War).
A retired major general, Smith served for 30 years in the U. S. Air Force. During his career he had a number of leadership experiences, including command of the F-15 wing at Bitburg, Germany where he provided leadership to 4000 personnel. Later, he served as the top Air Force planner and as the Commandant of the National War College, where he taught courses on leadership of large organizations and on strategic planning. He flew 180 combat missions in F-4 aircraft over North Vietnam and Laos during the Vietnam War.
A graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, he later earned his Ph.D. in International Relations from Columbia University. His dissertation earned the Helen Dwight Reid award from the American Political Science Association. His books include Rules and Tools for Leaders, Assignment Pentagon, and A Hero Among Heroes: Jimmie Dyess and the 4th Marine Division. The latter book is a biography of the only person to have earned America’s two highest awards for heroism, the Medal of Honor and the Carnegie Medal. In 2002, Smith produced a 60-minute video, Twice a Hero: The Jimmie Dyess Story.
With more than 300,000 copies in print, his most popular book is Rules and Tools for Leaders , a practical guide for leaders. It contains hundreds of rules of thumb and includes 25 checklists on how to hire, fire, plan, deal with the media, give compliments, run meetings, make decisions, provide counseling, check organizational ethics, transition into a new job, etc. After being interviewed by Katie Couric about the book, it reached #2 on the Amazon.com bestseller list.
General Smith’s clients include Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Ford, Fuji, Pfizer, The Chautauqua Institution, The Kellogg Foundation, the governors of three states, and many universities including Harvard, George Washington, The University of South Carolina, Emory and Georgia Tech.
George Bradt is the founder and Managing Director of executive onboarding group PrimeGenesis. He has provided consulting assistance to Elizabeth Arden, Merrill Lynch, MTV, and Miller Brewing.
Bradt is author or co-author of three books about onboarding, “The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan“, “Onboarding“, and “The Total Onboarding Program” and two books about parenting, “Back-To-School Chats, Advice From Fathers To Their Sons”, and “Back-To-School Chats – Advice From Mothers To Their Daughters”.
Bradt was also one of the authors of the iPad app New Leader Smart Tools.
He writes a weekly column on Forbes.com, The New Leader’s Playbook.
We are all new leaders – all the time.
Moving into new roles are crucible events of leadership and some of the toughest challenges people face.
George highlights on “Getting a head start” that the transition into your new position is not the time to rest on your laurels; this is the time to be different and identify key stakeholders and begin to develop key relationships.
George points out how critical it is to “Embed a Burning Imperative” when building your team; making sure they are bought into a cause and the historical context of the company.
George talks about how and why leaders fail; even referencing the latest fall of Lance Armstrong.
John Lee Dumas is the Founder and Host of EntrepreneurOnFire, a daily podcast that interviews todays most inspiring and successful Entrepreneurs. EntrepreneurOnFire tells the journey of the spotlighted guest, sharing their early failures, AHA moments, and insight into what is working for them now and why.
Every show ends with a 5-question “Lightning Round” that pulls priceless nuggets of information from these incredibly successful Entrepreneurs.
John talks about his experience as an Army Officer and his 13-month combat tour in Iraq and how it sparked his Entrepreneurial drive.
John shares that it is better to have a “good plan now” instead of a “great/perfect plan to late”.
John talks about the future of Podcasting and where he thinks it’s heading.
One of John’s great leadership heroes is Benjamin Franklin.
A great discussion about how Leadership & Entrepreneurship is about a “journey”.
How John learned early on that you have to learn to “get comfortable & embrace your failures” if you’re to be a successful leader.
Rebounding from failures quickly & having a “rubber mentality” is a key aspect to being a successful leader.
01 – Welcome to the Dose of Leadership Podcast!
Hey everyone, my name is Richard Rierson and I want to welcome you to the first episode of The Dose of Leadership Podcast. Every Tuesday and Thursday I will bring you an interview with today’s most relevant and motivating leaders; leaders that are dedicated to the pursuit of truth, common sense, and most importantly – courageous leadership.
Each podcast will highlight & showcase leaders from all aspects of life. Business leaders, entrepreneurs, authors, speakers, military heroes, faith based leaders – all will be highlighted on the Dose of Leadership Podcast.
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DoseOfLeadership.com & the Dose of Leadership Podcast exist to help all of us become the leaders we are called to be. Every podcast will include links & references to everything of importance discussed during the show.
A little more about me; I’m a husband, father of four daughters, public speaker, & entrepreneur. For quite some time I’ve been wanting to create a resource for every day leaders like yourself. I’m passionate about leadership because I believe that it is central to every aspect of our lives.
We all have this innate sense that something is wrong today; that something is sorely needed. If you’re like me, you’re tired of all of the hypocrisy, bureaucracy, chaos, & confusion everywhere around us. From our personal lives, our families, our schools, our workplace, our government; there seems to be a huge vacuum of leadership.
All the challenges around us certainly demand solutions; but I believe that these solutions need to come from each one of us choosing to dedicate our lives to becoming more calm, confident, consistent, & courageous. To accomplish this we need to adopt a leadership philosophy rooted in common sense.
I’ve had more than my fair share of leadership failures – both personally & professionally. Finding mentors and networking with quality leaders has always helped me deal with any regrets, insecurities, and faulty limiting beliefs. I’ve created this podcast, to provide direct access to inspiring mentors & quality leaders; so we can all become the leaders we were meant to be. I’m no different than you; I believe that we are all are on a leadership journey and I’m interested in building a community of like minded leaders so we can all better enrich our lives and fulfill our leadership obligation.
I’m a born and bred Wichita, Kansas native and graduated from Wichita State University with a BS in Computer Science in 1991. Upon graduation I accepted a commission in the United States Marine Corps where I spent 10 years active duty primarly as a KC-130 pilot.
I’m currently a pilot for the Bombardier Flight Test Center in Wichita, Kansas. In the last five years with Bombardier, I’ve held various leadership positions as the Director of Project Engineering & Configuration Management and as Flight Test Team Manager for the Global Express flight deck upgrade.
Other previous positions include Vice President of Operations & Vice President of Brand Communication for Value Place Hotels; Director of New Product Development & Director of International Operations for The Hayes Company; and Boeing 727 Flight Engineer for American Airlines.
I also served ten years active duty as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps and ten years part-time with the Kansas Air National Guard & Air Force Reserve. I’ve accumulated over 3,500 flight hours as an Aircraft Commander in the Lockheed KC-130, Boeing KC-135, CRJ-200, and as a Military Instructor Pilot in the Cessna T-37.
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My next episode is my inaugural interview with John Lee Dumas of EntrepreneurOnFire.com. He is a former Army officer and Iraq War veteran who attributes those leadership experiences in helping him launch his own highly successful podcast where he interviews inspiring Entrepreneurs. His podcast is one of the highest rated on iTunes with over 300,000 downloads in the last six-months.
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