Expand Your Zone Zachary Ames

In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames sits down with the world’s number one executive coach, Marshall Goldsmith. They discuss Marshall’s recent book The Earned Life, the concept of feedforward, and so much more. Get to know Marshall and his philosophy on life. About Marshall:Dr. Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized as one of the Top Ten Business Thinkers in the World and the top-rated executive coach at the Thinkers50 ceremony in London since 2011. Published in 2015, h...

In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames sits down with the wonderful Charlene Wheeless. They talk about leadership, advocating for yourself, going and making opportunities, and Charlene’s life lessons.About Charlene:Charlene is a successful business executive, leadership coach/advisor, keynote speaker, and author. With more than three decades of experience in leadership, corporate affairs, communications, and operations, Wheeless leads her namesake firm, Charlene Wheeless LLC, ...

In this Episode of Expand your Zone, Zachary Ames sat down with the co-owner of Mark Fisher Fitness and Business for Unicorns, Mark Fisher. We discuss how to make a good culture in the workplace as we talk about the values incorporated into his business Mark Fisher Fitness, Serious Fitness for ridiculous humans. Then we talk about what it’s like to be a leader. Mark shares lessons learned from building the gym and you don’t want to miss this!Topics: Culture; Leadership; Entrepreneurship;Key T...

In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames chats with the wonderful Whitney Johnson. Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company. She was named a 2021 Top #10 Business Thinkers by Thinkers50, and is a globally recognized thought-leader, keynote speaker, executive coach, and consultant. Whitney is the WSJ, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company (Harvard Business Press, 20...

In today’s episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames sits down with special guest Toby Hervey. Toby is the CEO and Founder of Bravely, a new kind of employee benefit in support of workplace health—connecting people with professional coaches for confidential conversations about their performance, growth, relationships, and company culture. He was a 6 year board member and 2 year president of Out in Tech, non-profit connecting and advancing the LGBTQ+ community in the tech industry.Z...

In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames is joined by Michelle Johnston. Michelle Johnston is a management professor, executive coach, and leadership expert who serves as the Gaston Chair of Business at Loyola University New Orleans. Michelle’s first book, The Seismic Shift in Leadership, is an Amazon bestseller and details the need for leaders to shift from a command and control leadership style to one that focuses on connection because Connection drives long-lasting results. S...