FranklinCovey On Leadership
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Tune in to FranklinCovey On Leadership, where host Jennifer Colosimo interviews top business thinkers, best-selling authors, researchers, and speakers. Each episode explores practical insights on building resilient cultures, establishing trust with teams and clients, driving breakthrough results, and discovering what makes truly great leadership.To learn more and take your leadership skills to the next level, visit www.FranklinCovey.comDon’t forget to leave us a review so we can reach more people with timeless leadership and life principles!
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Nov 3, 2026 • 38min
Svenja Gudell: The Labor Market, AI, and the Future of Work
Svenja Gudell, chief economist at Indeed and former Zillow economics leader, cuts through the noise surrounding work’s next chapter. She explores the “low hire, low fire” labor market, AI’s uneven rollout, shrinking entry-level opportunities, demographic-driven talent shortages, and the skills employers will need. A grounded conversation on retention, reputation, workforce planning, and why curiosity may be the ultimate career advantage.
Oct 21, 2026 • 31min
Jonathan David Lewis: Rebuilders and the Inside-Out Story of Leadership
Jonathan David Lewis, author, brand strategist, and president of McKee Wallwork & Company, explores the inner stories shaping organizations. He discusses inside-out leadership, identity-driven decision-making, competing narratives, and the daily work of rebuilding trust and alignment. The conversation also examines organizational seasons, evolving identity, customer value, and the courage leaders need to turn healthier stories into consistent action.
Oct 6, 2026 • 58min
Patrick Leddin, Jennifer Colosimo, Victoria Roos Olsson, and Doug Faber: Expect a Lot, Care a Lot
Patrick Leddin, leadership author and strategy expert; Victoria Roos Olsson, leadership consultant and team development specialist; Doug Faber, executive coach and team effectiveness practitioner; and Jennifer Colosimo explore the human edge of leadership. They discuss accidental leaders, balancing high expectations with courageous care, coaching through curiosity, purposeful delegation, clarity, feedback, and the daily practices that build trust, engagement, and sustained performance.
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Sep 24, 2026 • 33min
Chris Voss: Empathy, Understanding, and Leading Through Change
Chris Voss, former FBI lead kidnapping negotiator, bestselling author of Never Split the Difference, and Black Swan Group founder, explores leading through uncertainty. He discusses tactical empathy, why understanding matters more than agreement, and how accusations audits can lower resistance. The conversation also covers agency, predictable communication, early collaboration, small steps, and policies that make change stick.
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Sep 8, 2026 • 40min
Neil Hoyne: Data, AI, and the Human Side of Strategy
Neil Hoyne, Google’s Chief Strategist and author of Converted, explores the human side of data and AI. He discusses finding real customer stories behind metrics, replacing data-driven selling with disciplined experimentation, and matching rigor to decision speed. He also examines why business strategy must lead AI strategy, how customer lifetime value shapes lasting relationships, and why developing future talent matters in an AI-powered workplace.
Aug 25, 2026 • 39min
Kat Cole: Growth, Disruption, and the Habits of Extraordinary Leaders
Kat Cole, CEO of AG1 and former Cinnabon president, rose from restaurant hostess to lead major consumer brands. She recounts steering businesses through the Great Recession and COVID. She discusses being clear-eyed about problems, taking unpopular but necessary actions, aligning teams with data, building remote culture and values, and daily habits like listening, feedback, and bold action.
Aug 11, 2026 • 35min
Elizabeth Svoboda: The Art of Pacing
Elizabeth Svoboda, award-winning science journalist and author of The Art of Pacing, translates neuroscience into practical tools for lasting performance. She challenges grind culture and its hidden costs. She explains how leaders can model recovery, spot overload signals, align work with energy peaks, and use lulls for low-effort tasks to sustain high performance.
Jul 28, 2026 • 39min
Shawn Vanderhoven: Pause to Lead Brilliant Work
Shawn Vanderhoven, partner at The Wiseman Group and co-author of Pause, shares research on why leaders and teams get stuck in overcommitment. He talks about tapping the brakes to create space for deep work. Short practices covered include exposing hidden tasks, escaping email noise, and tuning in before delegating to boost focus and impact.
Jul 14, 2026 • 34min
Ryannon Frederick: Human-Centered Leadership in Healthcare
Ryannon Frederick, Chief Nursing Officer at Mayo Clinic who leads thousands of nurses, discusses human-centered leadership in healthcare. She talks about pushing beyond incremental change, borrowing ideas from outside the field, and using “imagine a world where…” prompts. She explains Mayo’s for-nurses-by-nurses innovation model, pairing clinicians with nonclinical experts, and daily behaviors that build trust and psychological safety.
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Jun 30, 2026 • 35min
Phil Le-Brun: The Octopus Organization
Phil Le-Brun, former McDonald’s executive and AWS executive in residence, shares frameworks from The Octopus Organization. He contrasts rigid, 19th-century management with adaptive, learning organizations. He explains distributed decision-making, the pillars of clarity, ownership, and curiosity, and practical ways to run fast experiments and scale continuous, humane change.
