Whiskey, Jazz and Leadership

Galen Bingham

Galen Bingham invites fellow thought and industry leaders to share the whiskies they drink, jazz music they listen to, and advice on what it really takes to be an effective leader. This is straight talk you can‘t get anywhere else. Known as The Leadership Strategist®, Galen Bingham gives listeners the opportunity to learn insights from guests and his 3 decades in corporate America as a Fortune 100 Executive, retail business owner, and Certified Executive Coach.  As CEO and Founder of Kiln Global Coaching and Consulting, Galen Bingham is The Leadership Strategist®.  The show interweaves a passion for whiskies, appreciation for jazz music and principles for enhancing personal and organizational leadership. The show mixes the intimacy Galen brings to every conversation with seasoned insights from his multifaceted guests. Pour one the way you like to drink it. This is not your ordinary leadership podcast. This is Whiskey, Jazz and Leadership . What you drinking? Cheers!

  1. Aug 11

    Setting Up for A Come Back featuring Dr. Willie Jolley (Part 1)

    This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation…  In part 1 of a two-part conversation on the Whiskey, Jazz and Leadership Podcast, host Galen Bingham welcomes Hall of Fame keynote speaker, bestselling author, and SiriusXM host Dr. Willie Jolley, Jolley shares his journey from growing up in Washington, DC in a jazz-centered family to becoming an award-winning jazz club performer before being displaced by karaoke, then finding purpose as a DC public schools drug prevention coordinator whose speeches launched a speaking career. He recounts opportunities with Les Brown, syndicated radio and SiriusXM, multiple bestselling books, and major speaking honors, emphasizing his “setback is a setup for a comeback” mindset. They connect the podcast’s themes through metaphors: whiskey as refinement, jazz as practiced improvisation and “playing the changes,” and leadership as developed through pressure, continuous improvement, and doing the right thing when no one is watching. Keep the conversation going inside the Whiskey, Jazz & Leadership VIP Room. For just $4 a month, you’ll get video access to every Season 10 conversation, plus exclusive VIP content from every guest since Season 2. Try it free for 7 days and go deeper into the conversations, insights, and perspectives that can help you think differently and make better decisions. Join the VIP Room: Whiskey, Jazz & Leadership VIP Room: https://patreon.com/WhiskeyJazzandLeadership?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

  2. Aug 7

    The Encore Of Leadership featuring Frank Clark III (Part 2)

    This is part 2 of a 2 part conversation…  In part 2 of a two-part conversation on the Whiskey, Jazz, and Leadership podcast, host Galen Bingham continues with executive search entrepreneur Frank Clark, who explains that strong leaders capture hearts, minds, and imaginations, and that Encore Leadership Advisors stress-tests this “followership” through early interactions and back-channel references to avoid mismatched opportunities. Clark shares that what wasn’t “in the brochure” of his current role was hearing many more “no’s” in a competitive executive search market, which reinforced the need for relentlessness, immersion, and bringing value in every client interaction. The discussion connects entrepreneurship to John Coltrane’s journey, including being misunderstood and operating from a calling, not just a career. Clark also describes his “invisible board of directors”—Reginald Lewis, John H. Johnson, and Bob Johnson—highlighting preparation, work ethic, belief, strategy, and team-building, and closes with advice on core values, mastery, and service. Keep the conversation going inside the Whiskey, Jazz & Leadership VIP Room. For just $4 a month, you’ll get video access to every Season 10 conversation, plus exclusive VIP content from every guest since Season 2. Try it free for 7 days and go deeper into the conversations, insights, and perspectives that can help you think differently and make better decisions. Join the VIP Room: Whiskey, Jazz & Leadership VIP Room: https://patreon.com/WhiskeyJazzandLeadership?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

  3. Aug 4

    The Encore Of Leadership featuring Frank Clark III (Part 1)

    This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation…  In part 1 of a two-part conversation on the Whiskey, Jazz, and Leadership podcast, host Galen Bingham welcomes executive search entrepreneur Frank Clark, who shares his non-linear career journey from Motorola sales to AT&T leadership, earning an MBA in finance and marketing while working, moving into consulting at EDS, and leading a large P&L at RR Donnelley before buying printing businesses in Las Vegas under a private equity model and helping build Encore Leadership Advisors, a national C-suite executive search firm. They discuss the show’s whiskey-jazz-leadership metaphor as enjoyment and mentorship, career improvisation across industries, and leadership through collaboration, empathy, and execution. Clark emphasizes demonstrating empathy by showing vulnerability and sharing origin stories, including growing up on Chicago’s South Side and his father’s rise from the mailroom. They also outline Encore’s candidate rigor, including probing motivations, intellectual curiosity, career trajectory, and followership. Keep the conversation going inside the Whiskey, Jazz & Leadership VIP Room. For just $4 a month, you’ll get video access to every Season 10 conversation, plus exclusive VIP content from every guest since Season 2. Try it free for 7 days and go deeper into the conversations, insights, and perspectives that can help you think differently and make better decisions. Join the VIP Room: Whiskey, Jazz & Leadership VIP Room: https://patreon.com/WhiskeyJazzandLeadership?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

  4. Jul 28

    Curiosity Can Be Learned featuring Dr. Deb Clary (Part 1)

    This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation…  In the season ten kickoff of the Whiskey, Jazz, and Leadership Podcast, host Galen Bingham reconnects with his former Coca-Cola North America manager, Dr. Deb Clary, founder of the Clary Group and author of “The Curiosity Curve”, for part 1 of a two-part conversation about curiosity as a leadership discipline and how better questions improve decisions. Dr. Clary recounts her career from Frito-Lay route driver to leadership roles at Coca-Cola, Brown-Forman, and Humana, earning a doctorate in leadership development, launching Humana’s Leadership Institute, and researching curiosity’s relationship to leadership performance and culture. They also touch on her 2005 dissertation findings that women tend toward purpose-driven transformational leadership, men toward results-driven transactional leadership, and that C-suite leaders need both.   Keep the conversation going inside the Whiskey, Jazz & Leadership VIP Room. For just $4 a month, you’ll get video access to every Season 10 conversation, plus exclusive VIP content from every guest since Season 2. Try it free for 7 days and go deeper into the conversations, insights, and perspectives that can help you think differently and make better decisions. Join the VIP Room: Whiskey, Jazz & Leadership VIP Room: https://patreon.com/WhiskeyJazzandLeadership?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

    Curiosity Can Be Learned featuring Dr. Deb Clary (Part 1)
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Galen Bingham invites fellow thought and industry leaders to share the whiskies they drink, jazz music they listen to, and advice on what it really takes to be an effective leader. This is straight talk you can‘t get anywhere else. Known as The Leadership Strategist®, Galen Bingham gives listeners the opportunity to learn insights from guests and his 3 decades in corporate America as a Fortune 100 Executive, retail business owner, and Certified Executive Coach.  As CEO and Founder of Kiln Global Coaching and Consulting, Galen Bingham is The Leadership Strategist®.  The show interweaves a passion for whiskies, appreciation for jazz music and principles for enhancing personal and organizational leadership. The show mixes the intimacy Galen brings to every conversation with seasoned insights from his multifaceted guests. Pour one the way you like to drink it. This is not your ordinary leadership podcast. This is Whiskey, Jazz and Leadership . What you drinking? Cheers!