Be Brave at Work
Be Brave at Work
Ed Evarts
On Be Brave at Work, leadership coach, author and speaker Ed Evarts shares stories about people saying what needs to be said and doing what needs to be done in their workplace. Talking to people just like you who have shown bravery in creative and innovative ways.
Episode 164: Roberta Matuson
Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Roberta Matuson. For more than 25 years, Roberta, president of Matuson Consulting, has helped leaders in highly regarded companies, including General Motors, New Balance, and Microsoft, and small to medium-size businesses, achieve dramatic growth and market leadership through the maximization of talent. She’s the author of six books including, the recently released, "Can We Talk? Seven Principles for Managing Difficult Conversations at Work," "Evergreen Talent: How to Seed, Cultivate, and Grow a Sustainable Workforce," and the international bestseller, "Suddenly In Charge: Managing Up, Managing Down, Succeeding All Around," a Washington Post Top 5 Business Book For Leaders. Links of Interest LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Website Can We Talk? Seven Principles for Managing Difficult Conversations at Work Evergreen Talent: How to Seed, Cultivate, and Grow a Sustainable Workforce Suddenly In Charge: Managing Up, Managing Down, Succeeding All Around A special thank you to our sponsor, Cabot Risk Strategies. For more information, please visit them at CabotRisk.com Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts
Nov 15, 2021
21 min
Episode 163: Larry Robertson
Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Larry Robertson. Larry is a strategy and innovation advisor who works, writes, and guides at the nexus of creativity, leadership, and entrepreneurship. As founder of Lighthouse Consulting, he has for three decades guided entrepreneurial ventures and their leaders through growth to lasting success. Named a Fulbright Scholar in 2021, a rarity for non-academic professionals, he is the award-winning author of three books: "Rebel Leadership: How to Thrive in Uncertain Times"; "The Language of Man. Learning to Speak Creativity"; and "A Deliberate Pause: Entrepreneurship and Its Moment in Human Progress." He's a popular columnist with Inc. Magazine, The Creativity Post, SmartBrief on Leadership, and CEO World Magazine, and a regular contributor to FastCompany, Thrive Global, and Productive Flourishing. Links of Interest LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Website Books A special thank you to our sponsor, Cabot Risk Strategies. For more information, please visit them at CabotRisk.com Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts
Nov 11, 2021
18 min
Episode 162: Becca Ribbing
Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Becca Ribbing. Becca is the author of "The Clarity Journal" and has been a coach for over a decade. She's on a mission to help people break out of the cycles of uncertainty and struggle that hold them back. She helps anyone going back and forth with the big, seemingly endless question of what to do next—so they can stop going around in circles and finally figure out what they truly want and create the clarity and momentum they crave. Links of Interest LinkedIn Twitter Website The Clarity Journal A special thank you to our sponsor, Cabot Risk Strategies. For more information, please visit them at CabotRisk.com Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts
Nov 8, 2021
23 min
Episode 161: David Shriner-Cahn
Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with David Shriner-Cahn. After 28 years as a highly skilled employee, David was told that his job was over. In spite of the immediate trauma and fear, he knew that as his next step, he’d rather work for himself and have more control over his destiny. That was in 2006. Today, David is a thriving community builder, podcaster and speaker. He helps high-achieving professionals, who have had a late-career job loss, build their consulting or coaching business, so they can do what they love and get paid what they’re worth. Links of Interest LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Website A special thank you to our sponsor, Cabot Risk Strategies. For more information, please visit them at CabotRisk.com Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts
Nov 4, 2021
23 min
Episode 160: Radhika Dutt
Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Radhika Dutt. Radhika is the author of "Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter." She is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She advises organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change. Radhika is currently Advisor on Product Thinking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore’s financial regulator and central bank. She also teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern’s D’Amore McKim School of Business. She serves on the board of the Association of Product Professionals and the independent publisher, Berrett Koehler. She graduated from MIT with an SB and M.Eng in Electrical Engineering, and speaks nine languages, currently learning her tenth. Links of Interest LinkedIn Twitter Website Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter A special thank you to our sponsor, Cabot Risk Strategies. For more information, please visit them at CabotRisk.com Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts
Nov 1, 2021
22 min
Episode 159: John Reid
Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with John Reid. John is the Founder, President and Lead Designer of JMReid Group, a global behavior change organization specializing in leadership, development, sales effectiveness and skill enhancement. After John survived three bouts of cancer, he decided to pursue his passion for learning and development. John pursued this passion with a belief that people want to get better and can get better, but it is often the manner in which traditional training is designed and delivered that makes this desire for growth difficult. As the lead designer for JMReid Group, John shifts the design emphasis from models and intellectual property to a learning experience that is relevant to the learner’s real world, taps into participants’ wisdom and is engaging and sustainable. His is a clearly learner-centric approach. John is the author of "Moving from Models to Mindsets: Rethinking the Sales Conversation" and the upcoming book, "The Five Lost Superpowers: Why We Lose Them and How to Get Them Back." Links of Interest LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Website The Five Lost Superpowers: Why We Lose Them and How to Get Them Back Moving from Models to Mindsets: Rethinking the Sales Conversation Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts
Oct 28, 2021
23 min
Episode 158: Dave Forman
Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Dave Forman. Dave delivers a competitive advantage to clients by accelerating their leadership effectiveness. Leveraging his experience as a nuclear submarine captain, Dave develops his clients like he developed his own crew. His focus is on building competent, confident, and resilient leaders. Links of Interest LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Website Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts
Oct 25, 2021
26 min
Episode 157: Krister Ungerböck
Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Krister Ungerböck. Krister is a leadership communication expert, keynote speaker, and former CEO of a global tech company. At age 42, prior to exiting corporate life, Krister was CEO of one of the world’s largest family-owned software companies. Krister has had business operations in 40 countries, built businesses in 6 countries, and lived in 3 countries. He’s done all this while leading the company to over 3,000% growth. His team created 100 million dollars in shareholder value, won 5 Top Workplace Awards, achieved remarkable employee engagement levels of 99.3%, and became a dominant player in its market niche. Krister is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller 22 Talk SHIFTs: Tools to Transform Leadership in Business, in Partnership, and in Life. Links of Interest LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Website 22 Talk SHIFTs: Tools to Transform Leadership in Business, in Partnership, and in Life Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts
Oct 21, 2021
27 min
Episode 156: Greg Ballard
Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Greg Ballard. Greg is the founder and CEO of Five C Consulting, a boutique firm based in Washington, D.C. Metro. His company works with a diverse set of clients ranging from mid-sized tech companies, large government agencies, military, and non-profits to radically improve strategic people investments and organizational performance. With over 20+ years of experience, Greg has developed extensive experience in management and leadership development through start-up, corporate, entrepreneurial, and faith-based enterprises. In prior roles, Greg has led and managed business units of 300+ and has personally mentored over 225 leaders. Greg has facilitated 300+ classroom/workshop experiences and organized or supported 1,400 large event experiences. Over the past six years, Greg has actively worked with CEO’s, operational executives, mid-level managers, and small business owners to improve their mindset, business habits and overall approach to management and leadership. He has helped executive professionals improve productivity, communicating difficult feedback, navigating politics, influencing, strategic decision making, mindset, designing habits that last and other management and leadership challenges. Greg holds an undergraduate degree in Cross-Cultural Communications and has participated in or led eight foreign service trips around the world. Greg is active in his community, a member of a regional chamber, and support of several non-profit organizations. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website Instagram Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts
Oct 18, 2021
22 min
Episode 155: Amii Barnard-Bahn
Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Amii Barnard-Bahn. Amii is a former Fortune Global 50 executive and is a consultant to the C-Suite and leaders at global companies like Bank of the West, Adobe and The Gap. Recognized by Forbes as one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives, she is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches. Amii guest lectures at Stanford and UC Berkeley, is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Compliance Week, and is a Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching. Links of Interest LinkedIn Website Promotability Index® Assessment Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts
Oct 14, 2021
24 min
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