WiseTalk

Sue Bethanis hosts Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, an author, executive coach, and global speaker hailed as a “champion for introverts.” Jennifer has deepened her knowledge and appreciation for introverts through her work as a learning and development professional and speaker at leading organizations like General Electric, Freddie Mac, NASA, Turner Broadcasting, and the US Centers for Disease Control.Jennifer’s best-selling books The Introverted Leader, The Genius of Opposites, and Quiet Influence have helped introverts throughout the world expand their leadership capacity. Her latest book, The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength (2nd Edition), lays out a well-tested, four-step strategy introverts can use to build on their quiet strength and make it a source of great power.Jennifer and Sue discuss:-How introverts can influence effectively-How extroverts can learn from introverts-Tips for introverts in a Type A workplace

Sue Bethanis hosts Chris Nadherny, a nationally recognized C-level recruiter. Chris spent 30 years with Spencer Stuart, a leading global executive search firm. His executive search clients included leading Fortune 500 companies, private equity portfolio companies, and later stage start-ups. Along the way, he counseled and helped guide the careers of several thousand executives—ranging from CEOs to Vice Presidents across multiple functions and industries. Since retiring from Spencer Stuart, Chris developed a career-management consultancy focused on helping executives reach their desired career executives. His career guidebook, The Proactive Executive: A C-Suite Recruiter's 5-Step System for Achieving Greater Career Success, encapsulates insights from his interaction with thousands of successful executives throughout his career.Chris and Sue discuss:- How to establish a proactive mindset toward your career- How to cultivate awareness and influencing skills- How to optimize your market positioning- How to improve the underdeveloped aspects of your executive profile

Sue Bethanis hosts Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and the faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center. A renowned expert in the biological and evolutionary origins of human emotion, Dr. Keltner studies the science of compassion, awe, love, and beauty, and how emotions shape our moral intuition. His research interests also span issues of power, status, inequality, and social class. Dr. Keltner has shared the stage with the Dalai Lama, counseled Pixar for depicting emotions for the film Inside Out, and has advised Facebook on the use of emoticons. He is the author of The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence and argues that people acquire power through socially intelligent practices, but lose those talents once feeling the surges of power.Dr. Keltner and Sue discuss:-Why we need to question a coercive model of power-How feeling powerful makes us less empathetic and responsive to others-Why power is about lifting others up-Why lasting power is given, not grabbed-A fivefold pathway to enduring, empathetic power

Sue Bethanis hosts David Rogers, professor at Columbia Business School and the author of The Digital Transformation Playbook. David is a globally-recognized leader on digital business strategy. He has appeared on CNN, ABC News, CNBC, Marketplace, Channel News Asia, and in The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and The Economist. His most recent research with Columbia’s Center on Global Brand Leadership has focused on Big Data, the Internet of Things, in-store mobile shoppers, digital marketing ROI, and data privacy. David talks with Sue about why traditional businesses need to rethink, adapt, and learn from todays’ digital disruptors and innovators. He reveals how to harness customer networks, platforms, Big Data, rapid experimentation, and disruptive business models―and how to integrate these into your existing business and organization.

Sue Bethanis hosts Andrea Lieberstein, a mindfulness-based registered dietitian nutritionist, mindful eating (MB-EAT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) instructor and coach, trainer, and registered yoga instructor. Andrea has specialized in helping people transform their lives for over 25 years. She leads mindfulness meditation and mindful eating trainings and retreats at retreat centers across the country and internationally. Her clients have included individuals, corporations (most recently Google and Marvell), medical centers, schools and colleges.She was instrumental in implementing the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program in Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Region in the 1990’s. Andrea is a contributing author to Resources for Teaching Mindfulness: An International Handbook and The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook. Her new book is called Well Nourished: Mindful Practices to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Feed Your Whole Self and End Overeating.Andrea and Sue discuss:+ Why we are drawn to the wrong foods and overeat+ How to mindfully transform what we eat+ The eight essential ingredients for a well-nourished life+ Five steps to mindful eating and living

Sue Bethanis hosts Dr. David Carbonell, Founder and Director of the Anxiety Treatment Center, which offers treatment of all manner of fears and phobias, and the “coach” at www.anxietycoach.com, a self-help website for people troubled by fears and phobias.Dr. Carbonell is a recognized expert in this field and has conducted training and seminars for a variety of professional groups, including the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy, the United Airlines Employee Assistance Program, and Northwestern University Medical School, among others. He is the author of Panic Attacks Workbook and the The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It. David and Sue discuss:+ How worry stems from irrational thoughts+ Why the harder we try, the worse it gets+ The “trick” behind chronic worry+ How to train yourself to respond to anxiety

Sue Bethanis hosts Sue Rasmussen, an expert in productivity and the international best-selling author of My Desk Is Driving Me Crazy: End Overwhelm, Do Less, and Accomplish More. Sue Rasmussen shows women entrepreneurs how to end overwhelm, do less, and accomplish more – so they can achieve the success they want and make the difference they really want to make. She’s a professional coach who has worked with over 6,000 small business owners, entrepreneurs, coaches, and consultants from 29 countries. Sue’s work has been featured in Success Magazine, Women Entrepreneurs Magazine, the NBC TODAY Show, as well as numerous radio and publication interviews.Sue (and Sue) discuss how to:+ Work fewer hours, yet accomplish much more+ Let go of things that waste your time and drain your energy+ Make decisions that are right for you and your business+ Eliminate “fear of missing out” and “shiny object syndrome” for good+ Focus on the actions that bring you the best results – and let go of the rest

Sue Bethanis hosts Brigid Schulte, the director of The Better Life Lab and The Good Life Initiative at New America. Brigid is a journalist and author who writes widely for publications including The Washington Post, Slate, Time.com, The Guardian, Forbes, Fast Company, and many others. She was a long-time staff writer for The Washington Post where she won a number of reporting and writing awards and was part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. Her 2014 New York Times bestselling book, Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time was named one of the notable books of the year by the Washington Post and NPR, and won the Virginia Library Association’s literary nonfiction award.Brigid and Sue discuss how:+ To identify and cope with overwhelming pressures of modern life+ Stress affects our brain+ To embrace time for leisure activities+ Work, love, and play are inextricably linked+ Employers can cultivate and create a flexible workspace

Sue hosts Bonnie St. John, a Paralympic Ski Medalist, Rhodes Scholar, a highly sought after keynote speaker, a Fortune 500 leadership consultant, and dubbed “one of the five most inspiring women in America,” by NBC Nightly News. The celebrated author of seven books, Bonnie co-authored her latest work, MICRO-RESILIENCE: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive, & Energy, with her husband, and former entertainment industry CEO, Allen Haines. As CEO of the Blue Circle Leadership Institute, Bonnie leads several international virtual leadership programs including Transformational Leadership – designed to address the unique challenges of multicultural women in the workplace. Her extensive research in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and physiology will leave you with powerful new tools to conquer key stressors that impede abilities to lead and perform at a high level.Bonnie and Sue discuss how to:+ Use your brain more efficiently+ Stop being hijacked by primitive impulses+ Reframe your attitude+ Tap into the power of your purpose

Sue hosts Daniel Friedland, MD., an internationally recognized thought leader on stress, resilience, mindfulness and the neuroscience of leadership. He is the author of Leading Well from Within: A Neuroscience and Mindfulness-Based Framework for Conscious Leadership. Daniel helps you make a shift that could transform stress, overwhelm and burnout to become a more energized, compassionate, values-based high performance leader, and create a culture of engagement in your organization.Daniel and Sue discuss how to:+ Experience greater control and composure under stress+ Transform stress into an energy source to meet your challenges+ Focus your energy and attention to experience meaningful relationships+ Catalyze your growth as a more conscious and engaged leader