Voices From The Middle Podcast

How can young professionals find work that fits their strengths and ambitions? Don and Josh Fowke explore career purpose, leadership readiness, and how organizations can match people with work suited to their capabilities. They also discuss coaching, mentorship, changing attitudes toward hierarchy, and the challenges of developing young talent in a fast-shifting world.

Cognitive psychologist Theo Dawson explores how to choose useful assessments, build leadership and collaboration skills, and turn practice into lasting learning. The conversation also tackles blame, shame around mistakes, small-group learning, and why “high potential” may be a narrow label for people who learn differently.

I have known Roberto since we began working together in the States. Roberto has HR experience all over the world so it was very interesting to bring in a global perspective. We discussed all things coaching for young people entering mid-management positions and lessons Roberto has learned along the way.

Welcome to Voices from the Middle, Mike Jay is a colleague who has been a professional coach since 1988. He used to live in the great state of Texas, but has moved on. Mike has really surpassed the Gladwell test of mastery and exceeded the 10,000 hours of coaching other people. He has been working with training coaches in 45 different countries. 1000s of coaches have been trained by Mike at this point and he has written a couple of books on coaching, one of them is called "Coach 2 the Bottom Line" in 1999.

Episode 11: A Conversation with Bob Eichinger (Part 3 of 3)

Episode 11: A Conversation with Bob Eichinger (Part 2 of 3)

Bob Eichinger traces the rise of strategic HR and the tools that help executives identify and develop talent. The conversation explores leadership during uncertainty, competency fatigue, strengths-based development, and technology’s growing role in talent management. He also reflects on what it takes for HR leaders to earn influence in the C-suite and why networking matters.

Episode 10: A Conversation with Ana Dutra

Martin Sutherland explores what shapes career success, from finding the right workplace culture to getting useful feedback early in life. The conversation digs into talent, potential, and why judging people with ratings can miss the mark. They also touch on game theory and bias in education.

Episode 9 Part 1: A Conversation with Martin Sutherland