Featured Guest: Kim Strobel Kim is an internationally-known motivational speaker for educators, school leaders, and organizations and travels the globe sharing the impact of happiness on well-being and student achievement. As a former teacher and curriculum director, her goal is to inspire you by providing thought-provoking research, heartwarming stories, and simple action steps that get you life-changing results.

Featured Guest: Naj Alikhan Senior Director of Marketing & Communications/Public Information Officer, Association of California School Administrators Former News Reporter & Anchor, CBS & NBC

Featured Guest: Dr. Joe Sanfelippo, Author "The Power of Branding: Telling Your School's Story" Joe is the superintendent of the Fall Creek School District. He was named as National Superintendent of the Year in 2019. Joe is the author of best selling education administration books and is a featured speaker in the areas of Advancing the Use of Social Media for School Leaders, Telling Your School Story, Creating a Culture of Yes, and Personalized Professional Growth for Staff.

Featured Guest: AJ Crabill, Author "Great on Their Behalf" AJ serves as Conservator at DeSoto ISD, where during his guidance, DeSoto improved from F ratings in academics, finance, and governance to B ratings and as Governance Director at Council of the Great City Schools. Previously, AJ served as Deputy Commissioner at Texas’ Education Agency and Board Chair of Kansas City Public Schools.

Featured Guest: Allison Wagner Allison is an American former elite competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. At the age of 16, Allison set the world record for the 200 Individual Medley and went on to win a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Allyson currently serves as the Director of Athlete and International Relations at the U.S. Anti Doping Agency.

Featured Guest: Johan Norberg Johan Norberg is a historian, lecturer, and author of "Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future. Johan shares an analysis of just how far we have come in tackling the greatest problems facing humanity.

Featured Guest: Dr. Douglas Reeves Dr. Douglas Reeves is the author of more than 40 books and 100 articles on leadership and education. He was twice named to the Harvard University Distinguished Authors Series and several other national and international awards for his contributions to education. Doug is the founder of Creative Leadership Solutions serving schools and educational systems in fifty states and more than 40 countries.

Featured Guest: Tim Taylor Executive Director, Small School Districts' Association of California Former Superintendent of Schools, Butte County, 2012-2019 Tim shares his powerful experiences of leading through times crisis including a major natural disaster, the Butte wildfires and the critical leadership lessons learned. “If you have poor leadership going into a crisis, it magnifies itself by 100.”

Featured Guests: Anya Farhang, University of Arizona; Benjamin Wheeler, San Jose State University; Joseph Machado, Stanford University Gen Z – currently makes up 30 percent of the world's population and are expected to account for 27 percent of the workforce by 2025. Gen Z-ers are our future leaders and it is important for current leaders to better understand their thinking. Millennials and Gen Z sometimes get a bad rap in that there is an assumption that these generations are more lazy and have more of an entitlement attitude as compared to the older generations. As leaders, we are now hiring and training and ultimately will be entrusting these generations to lead and lead strong. Rejection, as we know, is critical in overall character development and future leadership success. So let's talk to three Gen Z-ers, who are currently in college about their mindset on rejection and overcoming life's disappointments.

Featured Guest: Daniel Seddiqui Job Hunting Expert & Cultural Analyst International Best Selling Author We all have experienced the rejection of not landing the job after the interview, but probably not as much one motivational speaker. Daniel Seddiqui was named by USA Today the “Most Rejected Man in the World”, and has gained the title of the World’s Most Ambitious job Seeker. Daniel failed over 40+ consecutive job interviews, sent out 18,000 emails and made nearly 5,000 phone calls to finally find a path he loved. He’s been called the real-life Where’s Waldo and for good reason. Daniel Seddiqui has traveled the entire USA over 20 times. He sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, shot archery with members of the Cherokee Nation, and built furniture with Amish, among many dozens of other immersive experiences. Fueled by a lifelong love of maps, meaningful connection, and lack of opportunities after college, he charted his own course to become a multi-time international bestselling author, keynote speaker, and career education and travel entrepreneur. His work has been featured on many mainstream media outlets; CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NPR, Today Show, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.