The LEADx Leadership Show with Kevin Kruse

Robb Holman is an internationally recognized leadership expert, executive coach, keynote speaker, podcast co-host, and best-selling author who has a heart for authentic relationships and a true talent for equipping people with the skills and knowledge necessary for their success.

With over 10 years in Learning & Development spanning numerous industries, Chris Cassarino is Founder and Managing Director of Starling North a boutique management consultancy helping leaders create team alignment and find their true north.

Nick Gianoulis founded the fun dept. after experiencing firsthand the enhanced culture and business results of fun during his 20-year corporate management tenure with a company that embraced a “work hard, play hard” culture. as the resident “godfather of fun,” Nick oversees creative development and strategic growth of the company while keeping an active schedule of keynotes and media appearances.

Jen Shirkani is a nationally recognized expert on emotional intelligence and a featured speaker at national and state conferences, universities, government agencies & at business organizations around the world. She is the author of Ego vs. EQ: How Top Leaders Beat 8 Ego Traps With Emotional Intelligence.

Marlene Chism is a consultant, international speaker and the author of Stop Workplace Drama. Visit her at MarleneChism.com and StopWorkplaceDrama.com.

As one of the first marketers to work with startups like Facebook in 2005, Chris Tuff has built his career surrounded by Millennials while becoming one of the sought out leaders in the digital marketing space. He’s a partner at the advertising agency 22squared in Atlanta, GA where he successfully attracts, motivates and whispers to Millennials every day. When Chris isn’t working he kiteboards, mountain bikes, runs, and spends quality time with his wife and two daughters.

Susan Fowler has shared her message on optimal motivation, self leadership, and thriving together in all 50 states and over 40 countries. With her latest book, Master Your Motivation: Three Scientific Truths for Achieving Your Goals, Susan is on a mission to help individuals master their own motivation, achieve their goals, and flourish as they succeed. Widely known as one of the foremost experts on motivation and personal empowerment, Susan gained her knowledge through extensive experience in business, advertising, sales, production, marketing, executive and life-style coaching, and leadership training.

Ed Morrison directs the Agile Strategy Lab at Purdue University. Ed has been developing a new approach to strategy for complex collaboration in open, loosely connected networks. Called "Strategic Doing", this methodology emphasizes the strategic value of collaboration in today's global economy. He is the founder of the Strategic Doing Institute (http://strategicdoing.net) which provides a platform that colleges and universities can use to share and expand the Strategic Doing discipline globally. For over twenty-five years, he conducted strategy projects throughout the U.S. His work won the first Arthur D. Little Award for excellence in economic development presented by the American Economic Development Council.

Gabriel Weinberg is the CEO & Founder of DuckDuckGo, the Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs. Since 2008, Weinberg has grown DuckDuckGo from a self-funded operation out of his dusty basement into a business with over $25 million in revenue and 50 employees across multiple continents. Weinberg is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded other Internet-related companies; he is also an active angel investor. He is the author of Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models.

Liane Davey is a New York Times Bestselling author of You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done. She is also a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and has been sought by several media outlets, including CNN, NPR, USA Today, The Globe & Mail and Forbes, for her expertise on increasing productivity, enhancing engagement, developing leaders, and as one client put it, “dealing with the damn drama!” She is the author of The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track.