Growth Edge - A Leadership Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this week’s Growth Edge podcast episode, I sit down with my fantastic friend and colleague, Dr. Laura Desveaux to discuss fresh starts, what are they and how can we leverage them? We discuss the three constructs that drive human behavior, four common pitfalls to avoid, and four practical strategies to apply in leveraging a fresh start to boost your performance or productivity.

In this week’s Growth Edge leadership podcast, I sit down for a conversation with Dr. Bob Lefkowitz, Nobel Laureate and James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. We talk about mentorship, legacy and leadership impact, the role of failure in success, the role of courage and humor in creativity, and so much more.

Robert Lefkowitz, MD - https://medicine.duke.edu/faculty/robert-j-lefkowitz-md

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm: The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental Scientist - https://www.amazon.com/Funny-Thing-Happened-Stockholm-Adrenaline-Fueled/dp/1643136380/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P324XVXLWPO7&keywords=lefkowitz&qid=1656794114&sprefix=Lefkowitz%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-1 

In this week’s Growth Edge podcast episode, I sit down with physician executive and negotiation expert, Dr. Ranna Parekh. Not just a soft skill or a ‘nice to have’, negotiation is a requisite leadership competency for all professionals. Listen in as we:

-define negotiation

-review its stages

-identify barriers

-assess the role emotions play

-deliver take aways for application

In this week’s Growth Edge leadership podcast episode, I sit down with a long-time friend and colleague, Blake Lawrence. Blake had a stellar college football career, playing linebacker for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and after an early retirement due to concussions, he pursued his entrepreneurial passions. He founded and successfully exited his first company, a social media agency, and is the CEO of a second venture, opendorse, the largest provider of technology in the athlete endorsement industry. Opendorse helps athletes earn more than $100MM each year through NIL deals, and about 125k athletes use the platform every day.

Among the key takeaways from our conversation:

 - there are numerous styles that result in great coaching

 - not all feedback is good feedback

 - the best coaches are selfless - their success is your growth and success

 - ego can be a big hurdle for people, both as they’re coaching and as they’re being coached

 - part of coaching is equipping team members to coach themselves when you’re not around

 - in coaching, consistency and repetition matter

Listen in.

Opendorse - https://opendorse.com

Adi Kunalic Growth Edge leadership podcast episode - https://growthedge.libsyn.com/adi-kunalic-servant-leadership 

In this week’s Growth Edge leadership podcast episode, we discuss how sponsorship is vital to advancing individuals and supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within our organizations. While mentorship is important for development, sponsorship is where advancement occurs, hence it is important for male leaders, and critical for female leaders!

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Mentor Coach Lead book - ACHE - https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2485I

Mentor Coach Lead book - Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Mentor-Coach-Lead-Professional-Performance/dp/1640553819/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1675279667&sr=8-1 

In this week’s Growth Edge leadership podcast episode, I welcome a colleague and former student to discuss her research on gender microaggressions in pharmacy. As a leader in the clinical discipline, she discovered a paucity of research to explore and equip herself with an understanding of the topic and its impact or to identify interventions to solve for it. We discuss her findings and hear practical tools and tactics to apply.

Casey Orton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-o-2baaa7206/ 

Join me for a fantastic exploration of the career path and learnings of immigrant, innovator, founder, and physician scientist, Dr. Lilit Garibyan. From her childhood in Armenia, to her journey to the US as an adolescent, to her groundbreaking research lab at Harvard Medical School, and her important work in the Magic Wand Initiative, she shares lessons learned and her four pillars of success.

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilit-garibyan-md-phd-762b75130/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/DrLilitGaribyan 

Magic Wand Initiative - http://www.magicwandinitiative.org 

On this week’s episode of the Growth Edge podcast, I sit down with author, professor, and researcher @David to discuss mentorship, sponsorship, allyship, and advancing equity and inclusion in the workplace.

We dig into:

• psychosocial elements of mentorship that are crucial in times of crisis
• the unique differences between mentorship, sponsorship, and allyship
• how to audit our networks and relationships for diversity and inclusivity
• the benefits of reciprocal mentoring relationships

David's website - http://www.davidgsmithphd.com

Pre-Order David's new book, Good Guys, coming to print this October - https://www.amazon.com/Good-Guys-Better-Allies-Workplace/dp/1633698726/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=david+g+smith&qid=1594051441&sr=8-3

By now, most of us know that the research is conclusive -- organizations and institutions are better all around when they’re diverse, all the way up to the C-suite. Women and minorities are good for the bottom line, for creativity, and for healthier, happier work environments. But how can we encourage men to mentor women in a post #MeToo world? Many men feel that mentoring a junior woman is just too risky...not to mention it can seem uncomfortable.

Brad Johnson is an expert in mentorship and in cross-gender work relationships. The researcher and author tackles this difficult subject in today’s episode. We start off with why mentorship matters and the difference it can make. We also discuss what makes a great mentor -- no matter the sex -- the barriers to effective mentorships, Brad’s top tips for mentors, and how to create a culture of mentorship. This is a timely episode for anyone concerned about women’s issues or interested in leadership.

And don’t miss how you can be one of three recipients of Brad’s book, Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women. 

• About Brad’s important work in the area of mentorship and man-woman mentoring relationship
• The difference a mentoring relationship can make
• How our personal biases affect mentoring relationships
• How Brad counsels men regarding mentoring women post #MeToo
• Brad’s top mentoring tips. These are for both women and men.
• How to build a mentoring culture
• What is “mentor in the moment”

• Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women by Chris Johnson and David Smith
• Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace by Chris Johnson and David Smith
• Brad’s other books
• Brad’s personal website

We all know there’s a gender gap. You may have already taken steps to make sure there’s a woman on your committee, that there’s a woman or person of color candidate for the new job, that there’s a woman on you executive team. You may be wondering, “What else can I do?”

Well, there is something. There’s one step we can all take to better level the playing field. Dr. Sasha Shillcutt, anesthesiologist and founder of the CME, Brave Enough, gives us a preview of the More Than One campaign that will be introduced at the upcoming Brave Enough Conference. 

And what is that step we can all take? It’s to invite more than one woman to sit on your board, to speak at your conference, to participate in your research, to attend your meeting... 

Research shows that when more than one woman is in the room, participation among minority groups increases. When more than one is present, it sends a clear message that minority voices matter. You’ll get more engagement, more perspectives, a better bottom line -- it’s just better all around for all involved.  

• About Dr. Sasha Shillcutt
• About the Brave Enough Conference
• About the More Than One campaign
• About Sasha’s research around gender equity
• How you can get involved

• Brave Enough 
• Sasha on Twitter
• RUBraveEnough on Twitter