The People-Forward Leadership™ Podcast

The People-Forward Leadership™ Podcast

Hosted by: Dr. Carol Parker Walsh, JD, PhD, PCC

Perspective and insights needed to address today’s challenges while positioning for tomorrow’s opportunities.

Episodes

Episode 50: Lead As a Resource, Not With Your Title: Rosa Medina-Cristobal on Rebuilding DART's Workforce

Season #5

Episode 50: Lead as a Resource, Not With Your Title: Rosa Medina-Cristobal on Rebuilding DART's Workforce  "Instead of asking what your employees are doing wrong, ask what tools, support, or resources they're...
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Blessed Are the Flexible: Building a Culture of Adaptability Across a Workforce You Don't Employ with Doran Barnes

Season #5

Episode 49: Blessed Are the Flexible: Building a Culture of Adaptability Across a Workforce You Don't Employ with Doran Barnes  "Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be broken." ~Doran Barnes  What does it...
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Access to Opportunity: How Charles Frazier Is Rebuilding Transit by Going to the People Doing the Work

Season #5

Episode 48: Access to Opportunity: How Charles Frazier Is Rebuilding Transit by Going to the People Doing the Work   "Go to the people that are doing the work.” ~Charles Frazier  Charles Frazier took the city bus to...
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Why Leadership Patterns Repeat Themselves: Breaking the Cycle with Recursive Leadership Theory

Season #5

Episode 47: Why Leadership Patterns Repeat Themselves: Breaking the Cycle with Recursive Leadership Theory  "The system will keep reproducing itself until somebody inside it decides to reproduce something better."...
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Pause, Listen, and Lead: The Psychology of People-First Leadership with Shakira Naraine

Season #5

Episode 46: Pause, Listen, and Lead: The Psychology of People-First Leadership with Shakira Naraine  "Catch people doing something right every day." ~Shakira Naraine  Episode Summary  Every leader knows the pull to...
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The Problem Solver: How Tiffany J. Gunter Rebuilt Trust and Redefined Transit for an Entire Region

Season #5

Episode 45: The Problem Solver: How Tiffany Gunter Rebuilt Trust and Redefined Transit for an Entire Region  “I made one promise walking into those garages. Whatever you bring me, we're going to fix it and fix it for...
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It's Not About You: Building a Brain Trust That Leads from 40,000 Feet with Dawn Distler

Season #5

Episode 44: It's Not About You: Building a Brain Trust That Leads from 40,000 Feet with Dawn Distler  “Leadership is never about you." ~Dawn Distler  Episode Summary  Could your organization run well without you in...
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The CLIMB to People-First Leadership: Building Future Leaders to Innovate, and Serve with Derik Calhoun

Season #5

Episode 43: The CLIMB to People-First Leadership: Building Future Leaders to Innovate, and Serve with Derik Calhoun  "Systems move organizations, people move systems.” ~Derik Calhoun  Episode Summary  What happens...
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Episode 42: Are You Ready? How Leaders Build Pipelines, Trust, and the Conditions for Their People to Thrive with Yvonne Lopez-Diaz

Season #5

Episode 42: Are You Ready? How Leaders Build Pipelines, Trust, and the Conditions for Their People to Thrive with Yvonne Lopez-Diaz  "The people strategy IS the business strategy." ~Yvonne Lopez-Diaz  Episode...
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Episode 41: The Power of Storytelling: How to Lead with Narrative to Build Trust, Mobilize Change, and Grow a People-Forward Business with Nikki Frenney

Season #5

Episode 41: The Power of Storytelling: How to Lead with Narrative to Build Trust, Mobilize Change, and Grow a People-Forward Business with Nikki Frenney  "Anyone can lead if people trust them and like them. It has...
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What AI Can't Replace in a Great Leader

Season #4

Episode 40: What AI Can't Replace in a Great Leader  "AI can think faster, write better, and analyze more than you. So the question isn't how do you keep up with it, it’s how do you level up what you bring to the...
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The Messy Middle: Why Your Growth Is Hiding in the Hard Parts

Season #4

Episode 39: The Messy Middle: Why Your Growth Is Hiding in the Hard Parts    "Growth always comes out of the messy middle. Not the planning stage. Not the retreat. Not after you've figured it out. In the mess. Through...
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