Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D.

Send us a textDr. Stratton is the Dean of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business at Georgia College & State University and also serves as the president of the Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS). He's an accomplished academic leader and teacher-scholar with experience in private and public higher education. Micheal's expertise lies in the theoretical and practical application of organizational leadership, including workplace culture, power and politics, group dynamics, shared governance, and stakeholder relations. About MichealLinkedInGeorgia College and State UniversityManagement and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS)Quotes from This Episode"Being a first-generation college student and growing up in a working-class family in the mountains of Maine...going to college itself was a stretch.""Management and study of the organization is a liberal art...you know the complexity of human existence and organizations are social phenomena.""At Georgia College, I think the opportunities are endless. Not just collaborating within the university, but collaborating within the system...potential like three plus three programs - a Bachelors of Science in Business and a JD program at another university?""Higher education cannot survive in its silo...as a unit, as an institution, or in its ecosystem. Ecosystems are going to have to come together and merge. I'm not afraid of it. There's no discipline that I know of that has a monopoly on the complexities of human existence."Regarding MOBTS - "As a 47-48-year-old organization, we need to recruit the next generation of management educators, and we need to retain them, and show them how important our organization is."Resources Mentioned in EpisodeVanilla Ice - Ice Ice BabyThe CrownThe QueenThe Queen's GambitThe MandalorianThe Best of Car Talk Podcast♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.

Send us a textDr. Eliane Ubalijoro is the Deputy Executive Director (Programmes) of GODAN Secretariat and a Professor of Practice for Public-Private Sector Partnerships at McGill University. She is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Capitals Coalition, a member of the board of advisors for ShEquity, and an executive board member of Crop Trust. Dr. Ubalijoro is a member of Rwanda's National Science and Technology Council and a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. We met while serving on the board of the International Leadership Association.Eliane UbalijoroTED Talk - Reimaging the world From scarcity to prosperityNext Einstein Forum Forbes Article - 5 Lessons for a Non-Linear Scientific CareerTwitter: @elianeubalijoro LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliane-ubalijoro-1b8a7b/ Quotes From This Episode"So that’s when the meeting of all our senses and science come together. And we realize that this isn’t about politics, this is about humanity and survival.""This is where I think science meeting indigenous wisdom is really important. Indigenous wisdom really was, has always been, based on storytelling...our capacity to tell stories that speak to our minds, our hearts, and our souls.""Coming from a country in Africa, which is one of the smallest, and most fragile post-conflict countries in the world... we have to imagine everything. So what we're looking for aren't managers, we're looking for leaders that have the capacity to dream and to execute their dreams into reality. And so that is all about leadership and transformation."Resources Mentioned In This EpisodeNobel Laureate - Wangari Maathai Film - Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai Documentary - David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetDocumentary - I am GretaBook - All We Can Save by Katharine K. Wilkinson and Ayana Elizabeth JohnsonBook - ♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.

Send us a textAldo Boitano is an entrepreneur, author, Ph.D. candidate (Pepperdine), engineer, world-class mountaineer, and executive developer. He is also a husband and father. He serves as Chief Technology Officer & Partner at Egreen.com, Director at Chilean Lithium Salars, and the Executive Director at Executive Development. He's led expeditions to the South Pole for Wharton and UNC-Charlotte and was the  Dean of Instituto Vertical. He has served on numerous boards including the International Leadership Association and Electra.Publications by Aldo BoitanoThe Entire Planet Must Reformulate Its Way of OperatingPeace, Reconciliation and Social Justice Leadership in the 21st Century: The Role of Leaders and Followers (Editor)Breaking the Zero-Sum Game: Transforming Societies Through Inclusive Leadership (Editor)Aldo's Expeditions on K2Film - Surviving the Summit (National Geographic Television)Film - EL CAMINO ES LA META: CAPÍTULO 4 - K2 1996Film - K2 El Máximo desafio The ultimate challenge Book - K2 el máximo desafío. The Ultimate ChallengeQuotes From This Episode"We were aligned with the objective of being the first-ever Latin American team to climb K2 via the 'high route' and survive.""There’s a big difference between teams that have a soul, have a purpose, who are more generous and collaborative versus teams who are selfish and misaligned."On his dissertation work - "It's not that much different from mountaineering. You empower people, you have devil’s advocate, you have small teams...you fight hard on the problems and you are soft on the people."Resources Mentioned In This Episode21 Lessons for the 21st Century  by Yuval-HarariEpisodes Mentioned in This PodcastSara SafariSharna Fabiano♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.

Dr. Martin Gutmann discusses Roald Amundsen's exceptional polar exploration achievements and leadership, contrasting them with British expeditions. He delves into exploring historical leadership cases in business education and shares personal reading recommendations, highlighting the importance of accurate leader evaluation.

Send us a textDr. Kathy Lund Dean is the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Leadership & Ethics at Gustavus Adolphus College. She also serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Management Education. She is also the co-host of Rockin’ the Publication, a podcast for those interested in being published in academic journals.She is an award-winning scholar which includes the Maryellen Weimer Scholarly Work on Teaching & Learning Award, the Journal of Management Inquiry “Breaking the Frame” Award, and the Journal of Management Education Fritz Roethlisberger Memorial Award.Recent Publications by Dr. Lund DeanThe Ethical Professor: A practical guide to research, teaching and professional lifeThe scholarship of teaching and learning: Changing the dominant narrative about (and in) research institutionFrom advocacy to accountability in experiential learning practices Academic gerrymandering? Expansion and expressions of academic workQuotes From This Episode"I think probably one of the biggest things that I’ve come to realize is that the whole publishing enterprise is a conversation...thinking about your scholarship, not in these sort of atomistic chunks, but as part of a larger conversation that both precedes what you’re doing, and will also generate more work and more conversation and more wisdom, and more practical outcomes."On publishing... "The analogy that I use when I'm doing a lot of outreach is 'merging into traffic.' I grew up in Chicago and so when you're merging onto the Dan Ryan, there are lots of other people you have to take into account, right? Nobody's blindly merging onto the Kennedy! And so all those other cars are people having, not the same conversations, but similar conversations, and how does your work contribute to merging into that traffic of a conversation?""I’m totally convinced...I’m absolutely convinced that the difference between people who are very well published, and people who are not well-published, is this ability to separate themselves from them or from their work."Resources Mentioned in this EpisodeArticle: Kerr, S. (1975). On the folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B. Academy of Management Journal, 18(4), 769-783.Book: Moving up Without Losing Your Way by Jennifer MortonBlog: Wait But WhyBlog: ♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.

Dr. Mary Uhl-Bien, a prominent leadership scholar and Professor at Texas Christian University, discusses the intricacies of complexity leadership. She shares insights on how leaders can adapt to technological changes and global disruptions, particularly highlighted by the shift to remote work during the pandemic. Uhl-Bien emphasizes the importance of relationship-oriented leadership in navigating societal tensions and harnessing conflict for positive outcomes. She also reflects on how personal and professional realms are intertwined in today's complex world, urging leaders to embrace this dynamic for growth.

Send us a textEmilio Iodice is an award-winning author, Presidential historian, executive, decorated American diplomat, and professor. He spent over three decades as a senior executive in the public and private sectors, as an educator, and as a university administrator.  He is among the most decorated officers in American history with a gold medal for heroism; a gold medal and silver medal for exemplary service; nominations for the Bronze Medal; and numerous commendations and citations. At age 33, he was named by the President of the United States to the prestigious Senior Executive Service as a Charter Member.  He was the youngest career public official to reach this distinction. After the Foreign Service, he was named Vice President of Lucent Technologies in charge of operations in numerous countries. In 2007, he was named Director and Professor of Leadership of the John Felice Rome Center (JFRC) of Loyola University Chicago.  He served as Director until 2016. Publications by Professor IodiceWebsite: Emilio IodiceLatest Book: The Commander in Chief: The Qualities Needed of Leaders of Freedom-Loving Nations in the 21st CenturyArticle: Will the Real Commander in Chief Please Stand Up?Book: Reflections, Stories of Love, Leadership, Courage and Passion. Book: When Courage Was the Essence of Leadership: Lessons from HistoryBook: Across Time and Space: Chronicles of Courage, Hope, Love, Persistence and LeadershipQuotes From This Episode"I write about their shortcomings and weaknesses, as well as their strength and power; their power to persuade, to communicate, and to make critical decisions at difficult times."On Character - "Lincoln was the icon...he was humble, he had emotional intelligence, he was honest, he had a high sense of integrity, and also had great difficulty with telling something that wasn't true...These qualities of character are absolutely essential because they set the tone, they set the example with followers"On Communication - "I felt John Kennedy had this magnificent quality this, we call it charisma. But it's the ability for the people at all levels from someone who has a hard hat working-class, individual, like some of my relatives and friends who came over from Italy."On Decision Making - "Truman made some very, very important decisions. He should really be ranked among the 10 greatest. He♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.

Send us a textDr. Marcy Levy Shankman is the Leadership Coach & Strategist, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD). This innovative role for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District offers her the unique opportunity to provide one-on-one coaching for the District's executive leaders, work collectively on team effectiveness, and offer leadership development support for the senior leadership team.  For almost 20 years, Marcy has owned her own consulting business and she previously served as Director, Leadership Cleveland and Strategic Initiatives for the Cleveland Leadership Center. Quotes From This Episode“What is the smallest possible step that you can take towards a new behavior that is so small that you can’t fail?”"So this word experiment comes into my vocabulary and into my consciousness, easily on a weekly basis. I am constantly running experiments.""We have to celebrate the little big wins. And there are big little wins. And learning to differentiate between the two is really important." "I’ve become even more skeptical of coaches who are not embedded. And this is not a slight against anyone’s ability, it is entirely based on what I believe to be the inherent challenges of trying to help people improve their performance, without you having the native view""Another theme that rises to the top of my mind is there is actually nothing harder than behavior change.""So I have this unique blend of being that embedded internal coach, and working with two layers of leadership at the district."Marcy's PublicationsEmotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for College StudentsEmotionally Intelligent Leadership for Students: InventoryEmotionally Intelligent Leadership: An Integrative, Process-Oriented Theory of Student LeadershipDeveloping Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: The Need for Deliberate Practice and Collaboration Across Disciplines: Developing Emotionally Intelligent LeadershipResources Mentioned in This EpisodeOrganization: NeuralLeadership InstituteBook: ♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.

Send us a textDr. Ralph Gigliotti is Director of Leadership Development and Research at the Center for Organizational Leadership at Rutgers. He serves as a lecturer in the Department of Communication and Ph.D. program in Higher Ed at Rutgers. His research and consulting explore the intersection of organizational communication, leadership, and crisis communication. He's also a National Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and serves on the Board for the Network for Change & Continuous Innovation in Higher Education.Book and Publications by Dr. GigliottiCrisis Leadership in Higher Education: Theory and Practice Leadership, Communication, and Social Influence: A Theory of Resonance, Activation, and Cultivation Leadership: Social Influence in Personal and Professional Settings A Guide for Leaders in Higher Education: Core Concepts, Competencies, and Tools Quotes From This Episode"With an eye towards innovation, and an eye towards learning, and an eye towards transformation, we can all learn together through this, we can heal together through this, and we can come out of this stronger than we may have been and more unified than we may have been going into this.""And when we look at leadership through a broader lens, and it's not j♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.

Send us a textDr. Corey Seemiller is an associate professor in the Department of Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations at Wright State University. She is a leading expert on Gen Z and a prolific scholar in the space of leadership education. She's been interviewed by NPR, The New York Times, Newsy, Cheddar, Bloomberg and is the author of  Generation Z Goes to College, Generation Z Leads,  Generation Z: A Century in the Making, Generation Z Learns,  and The Student Leadership Competencies Guidebook.Links to Corey's WorkCorey's Website  Student Leadership Competencies Ted Talk - Generation Z: Making a Difference Their WayCreating a Taxonomy of Leadership Competency Development The Common Language of LeadershipQuotes from This Episode"When I got into this generational work, I wanted to have a positive spin on it, especially as an educator.""It's really an interesting journey to be along for the ride with this young generation as they're experiencing the same things I am, but in a very different way. And in a very different context.""...this is just one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of examples of a Gen Zer saying, 'I don't trust leaders to make decisions that are in my best interest. I don't trust the system. I'm going to just go ahead and start doing things that I think are going to make a difference because that's the only power and agency that I have.'""I'm going to be curious to track that over this election, and certainly the next couple of years to see if their notion of creating change involves basically playing within the existing systems, as well as working around them. I think th♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.