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A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

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Mar 25, 2022 • 40min

AGL 253: Steven Dossou

About Steven Steven grew up in a 2-bedroom house with nine siblings. As a living testimony of his transformation program destined to create a superhuman being capable of instantly overcoming fear, self-doubt, and low self-esteem, he has recreated a new path by elevating himself from poor binding backgrounds from his country of origin (Togo-West Africa) to leadership and impactful roles on a global platform Founder of Sail Force Catalyst, a personal development, empowerment, and motivational platform which focuses on how to use emotional intelligence to ignite the transformation of individuals and groups. Sail Force is about unleashing people's emotional strength necessary to the fulfillment of their true potential and the cataclysm of their various life and business journeys. He is also founder of Sail Force Marketing, L.U and may other businesses. Steven founded Sail Force Catalyst after having gone through numerous life challenges from his childhood throughout his adolescence. With a sole purpose to change his circumstances and realize his dreams, he is a powerful speaker, certified life and executive coach and has coached and engaged over thousands of people on subjects such as how to become a better version of yourself, activate your potential, the overcoming mindset, sales habits, Impactful leadership, how to bring drastic growth into your business, how to create a high-performance culture…etc. He is viewed by his peers as a charismatic dreamer who undoubtedly believes in unleashing the human potential to brake boundaries and consistently redefine People's limits.   Today We Talked About Steven's background Psychology and Habits of Great Leaders Purpose Alter your Attitude of Mind Be Transformed 10 Week Journey 3 Demons of Mankind Fear Self-Doubt Self-Esteem Resilience The Mindset of Lack Push-ups OSAT - One Step at a Time Myles Munroe - influence others Be Transformed by the Renewing of your Mind   Connect with Steven Website LinkedIn Speaker Profile I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2
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Mar 18, 2022 • 34min

AGL 252: Josh Saterman

About Josh Josh was born in Miami but now lives in Harlem New York with his amazing husband and cat. His favorite food is pizza––is it bad to eat it everyday? A proud HMI.org executive Board Member, Josh loves all animals (except snakes), traveling the world and exploring new cultures, and his great hope is for a world that listens better. His superpower is being a connector and his professional passion is unlocking client’s superpowers and seeing where it takes them. He strongly believes “there’s awakening when you aren’t focused on yourself.” Favorite quote: “Two roads diverged in a wood and I— I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost   Today We Talked About Josh's background Three questions to ask employees What motivates you? what does success look like? How do you like to be recognized? Diversity Equity Inclusion Belonging Culture Listening with your eyes Ask Powerful Questions Recap after meetings Arrive Drive Thrive Heineken commercial Connect with Josh Book Website LinkedIn I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2
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Mar 14, 2022 • 37min

AGL 251: Engineering Leadership with Patrick Sweet

About Pat Patrick Sweet, P.Eng., MBA, PMP, CSEP is a recognized expert in engineering management, productivity, and leadership. He is the president of The Engineering & Leadership Project, which specializes in leadership and management development, training, and consulting for engineers and engineering firms. He also hosts the popular Engineering & Leadership Podcast, a show dedicated to helping engineering leaders thrive. Prior to launching The Engineering & Leadership Project, Pat spent 13 years in industry. His work focused predominantly on leading and managing engineers through complex systems integration projects in the rail and defence industries. He's worked as a product manager, project manager, systems engineering manager, and as the head of configuration management at a large naval combat systems integrator. Pat has a bachelor of engineering from Dalhousie University and an MBA from the Royal Military College of Canada. He's also a professional engineer licensed in Nova Scotia, Canada, a Certified Systems Engineering Professional (INCOSE), and a certified Project Management Professional (PMI). Today We Talked About Pat's background promoting engineers to manager Go Deep or Go Broad Conferences Memberships Delegation Letting Go Clarity Goals One-on-Ones Lead People Manage Performance What's on your mind? And What else? Productivity Efficiency Effectiveness Systems Connect with Pat Twitter LinkedIn Website I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2    I'm honored that we were in the top 5 of Technical Leadership Podcasts
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Mar 7, 2022 • 41min

AGL 250: Showing Up with Ray Arata

About Ray Ray Arata is an award-winning leader in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), specifically known for his work in engaging men as allies. In addition to amassing more than 13,000 hours leading workshops for men, Ray is the founder of the Better Man Conference. He is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and trainer, delivering keynotes and facilitating trainings for massive global clients such as PwC, Toyota, Genentech, Verizon, Bloomberg, and many more. Ray’s Better Man Conference, as seen in Forbes, The Good Men Project, and Fortune, is an international industry-leading event that focuses on the development of healthy masculinity and men as allies and partners. Prior to the pandemic, the conference was held in New York City and San Francisco, drawing almost 200 major organizations annually. Under Ray’s leadership, the organization has attracted an impressive list of sponsors, including Hearst, Moody’s, CBS, Toyota, Intel, HP, Cisco Systems, the New York Times, and others. Today We Talked About Ray's background Why Diversity, Equality and Inclusion focused on Men? Acknowledge our stuff Listen with empathy and compassion Take Responsibility (clean it up) Commit to new practices and behavior The man box Showingupbook.com  Connect with Ray Twitter LinkedIn Book Website I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2
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Feb 25, 2022 • 47min

AGL 249: Catching up with Steve Yacovelli

About Steve Dr. Steve Yacovelli (“The Gay Leadership Dude”) is the owner & principal of TopDog Learning Group (LLC) – a learning and development, leadership, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting firm based in Orlando, FL, USA, with affiliates across the globe. Steve and TopDog have had the pleasure of working with some great client-partners who they consider to be members of their “pack.” He’s worked with Fortune 500 greats like The Walt Disney Company and Bayer to amazing not-for-profits like The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The American Library Association; large universities like The Ohio State University and The University of Central Florida, to small entrepreneurial rock stars like International Training & Development and GovMojo, Inc. Steve and TopDog have thoroughly enjoyed helping their client-partners grow, develop, expand, and be successful with their corporate learning, change management, diversity and inclusion, and leadership consulting goodness. With over twenty-five years’ experience in leadership, strategy, organizational learning, and communication, Steve is a rare breed of professional that understands the power of using academic theory and applying it to the corporate setting to achieve business results. Oh, and he’s quite fond of dogs, too. Today We Talked About What's new with Steve The Great Resignation 6 Leadership Competency Authenticity Courage Empathy Communication Relationships Culture Mindfulness Biases in recruitment Zoom Backgrounds Proximity bias Connect with Steve Website Book Twitter   I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2
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Feb 18, 2022 • 46min

AGL 248: Lead Well with Ken Falke

About Ken Ken Falke spent twenty-one years in the US Navy as a bomb disposal specialist, leading troops on thousands of high-risk missions. After retiring from the Navy in 2002, Ken started his first company, A-T Solutions, a counter-terrorism company, and in 2008 sold the business. In 2011, Ken started his second company, Shoulder 2 Shoulder, and sold his stock to his business partner in 2017. In addition to Ken’s two for-profit companies, he founded two nonprofit organizations, beginning with the EOD Warrior Foundation to support the families of severely wounded military bomb disposal personnel. This work inspired Ken and his family to donate thirty-seven acres of their estate in Bluemont, Virginia, and millions of dollars to build Boulder Crest Foundation in 2013—the nation’s first privately funded wellness center dedicated exclusively to combat veterans, first responders, and their families—and go on to establish Boulder Crest Arizona and the Boulder Crest Institute for Post-traumatic Growth in 2017.   Today We Talked About Ken's military career Life after the Navy EOD Warrior Boulder Crest Foundation Work on yourself first Opportunity to contribute opportunity to grow 70% of people hate their jobs Listen well... best gift you can give Feedback loop Trust and Connection Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't say it meanly Attack the issues, not the people Accountability Show up everyday Life and Death jobs Connect with Ken LinkedIn Book Twitter EOD Warrior Boulder Crest Foundation I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2
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Feb 11, 2022 • 37min

AGL 247: Changing from the Inside Out with Erika Andersen

About Erika Erika Andersen is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching, consulting, and training firm that focuses on leader readiness. Over the past 30 years, Erika has developed a reputation for creating approaches to learning and business-building that are tailored to her clients’ challenges, goals, and culture. She and her colleagues at Proteus focus uniquely on helping leaders at all levels get ready and stay ready to meet whatever the future might bring. Much of her recent work has focused on organizational visioning and strategy, executive coaching, and management and leadership development. In these capacities, she serves as a consultant and advisor to the CEOs and top executives of several corporations, including Spotify, Amazon, Revolt TV and Media, Charter/Spectrum, and the Yale School of Public Health. She also shares her insights about managing people and creating successful businesses by speaking to corporations, non-profit groups and national associations. Erika’s books and learning guides have been translated into Spanish, Turkish, German, French, Russian, and Chinese, and she has contributed to and been quoted in a variety of national publications, including the Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and The New York Times. Erika is also one of the most popular leadership bloggers at Forbes.com, and host of The Proteus Leader Show, a popular business and leadership podcast globally ranked in the top 10%. Through her different resources, Erika is committed to supporting workplace leaders. Erika Andersen is the best-selling author of Change from the Inside Out: Making You, Your Team, and Your Organization Change-Capable (2021), Be Bad First: Get Good at Things FAST to Stay Ready for the Future (2016), Leading So People Will Follow (2012), Being Strategic: Plan for Success; Outthink Your Competitors; Stay Ahead of Change (2009), and Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers (2006). Today We Talked Soft Skills Leadership Change was slow Change was historically bad Safety in the known Humans haven't evolved for rapid change Purposed Change What does this mean to me Why is it happening What will it look like afterwards It's difficult, Costly, and Weird Change is accepted when the mindset shifts Must see the rewards Model and advocate for change Fear of the unknown is our deepest fear Listen better Closer your mouth... then summarize Make your employees feel psychologically safe Ask, "What is not working?" Keep the change going Being Change Capable Connect with Erika Website LinkedIn Twitter Book I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2
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Feb 4, 2022 • 37min

AGL 246: Trench Leadership with Simon Kardynal

About Simon Simon is a Canadian who retired from the Canadian Armed Forces after 26 years of experience being a follower and leader. He holds a Master of Arts in Leadership degree from Royal Roads University where he found his passion to help emerging leaders create strong foundations as they embark on their leadership journey. Simon is a father and husband who lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Today We Talked About: Simon's background Military Service System's Thinking Things I wish I knew starting out Communication Softening the edges Transparency SOPs Inposter Syndrom Connect with Simon Podcast Twitter LinkedIn I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2
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Jan 28, 2022 • 37min

AGL 245: Alex Murrey from TangoTeams

About Alex Alex Murrey is the Head of North American Operations for TangoTeams, a startup that's redefining the software development outsourcing industry. When the average digital project runs 45% over budget and 7% over time--and delivers 56% less value than predicted--it's clearly time for a major industry shift. With a background in leading companies through building new practices and navigating massive disruption, Alex is out to prove that there's a better way to build digital products in the post-COVID distributed economy. (website). Today We Talked About Alex's background DevOps Offshore development build leaders ice breakers Communication leading off shore teams empathy muscles Highlight your team in non-work related ways Including offshore teams Ways you learn Over communication Connect with Alex Twitter LinkedIn Website I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2
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Jan 24, 2022 • 41min

AGL 244: Sumit Gupta

About Sumit Sumit started as a techie in 2005 and fit the typical geek profile – good at computers and programming but introverted when it comes to people skills. He has worked in companies like InfoEdge (Naukri.com) (2005-2008), Yahoo (2010-2011), 91Mobiles (2013), and Booking (2014-2020). In addition, I also incorporated two startups – SaleRaja (from 2007-2010) and CricketRadius (in 2012) and co-founded a non-profit Pick A Fight (2011-12). As it happens with most people who are good at their job, SumtI was soon leading a team of 14 people. He was 24 years at that time, and had no idea what leadership was all about. To make it worse, he wasn’t even aware that people management and other so-called soft skills can be learned. For the past decade and a half, Sumit has researched and studied human behaviour and leadership. These years of research led him to Deploy Yourself, which started just as a series of articles and is now a philosophy that I use as a life guide. Sumit continues to pay attention to details (like body language, emotions, words and tone of voice, etc) yet at the same time being aware of the totally unpredictable nature of human beings.   Today We Talked About Sumit's background Leadership Emotions Easy and Difficult Practice Positive conversations Listening Communication Coaching People don't you to tell them what to do Directive Transparency Trust vs. Distrust Invite Feedback Being Defensive Walking One-on-ones   Connect with Sumit LinkedIn Twitter Website I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

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