Profiles in Leadership

Steve Anderson
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Dr. Steve Anderson is a storyteller and a lifelong learner who is deeply committed to helping leaders grow. Born out of deep seeded curiosity and passion, Steve launched his podcast as a vehicle for interviewing accomplished leaders who excel in building cultures and developing teams that create impact and deliver value to customers, employees and stakeholders. In this capacity, he is able to tap into his experience as a CEO of a $75 million-dollar company and a 39 year career as a Physical Therapist to ask questions that produce answers for those at all levels – from entry level professionals to seasoned executives – can learn from and build upon. Steve is known for interviewing guests from a wide range of backgrounds and digging deep to find “Pearls of Wisdom” that can be put into practice as professionals look to learn and grow. Steve is an Executive Coach at Orange Dot Coaching.

  1. Maria Brinck, We Need New Leadership to Bring Out the Best in Humanity

    2D AGO

    Maria Brinck, We Need New Leadership to Bring Out the Best in Humanity

    Maria Brinck is a visionary thought leader devoted to breaking up the traditional leadership monopoly in order to generate the “diversity of thought” necessary to solve our most pressing challenges in organizations and nations. Maria founded Zynergy International, a leadership advisory firm in 2013, to fulfill her passion.  Today, Maria works with board members, CEOs, executives, business teams and HR professionals and is based in Colorado. Born and raised in Sweden and Algeria, Maria was educated in Sweden, France, and the USA with a focus on International Business. Her most transformative experience, reshaping her worldview, came when she lived and worked with indigenous people in the Congo Basin Rainforest in a remote part of Cameroon. While working on the rehabilitation of chimpanzees and gorillas, she observed first-hand human planetary destruction and its consequences for all living things, but also the type of leadership we need to bring out the best in humanity.   Maria is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and holds a CPCC Certification from CTI, and an ACC Certification from ICF, the International Coach Federation. She previously held positions at GE, Eli Lilly & Co, and Novo Nordisk and some of her current clients include Quanex, Astra-Zeneca, Beacon, DaVita, Vizient and Stryker.

    55 min
  2. Ash Seddeek, Communication is the Most Overlooked Driver of Business Performance

    JAN 28

    Ash Seddeek, Communication is the Most Overlooked Driver of Business Performance

    Ash Seddeek is the founder of Mivante, the Communication Intelligence Platform built to transform how organizations communicate, align, and lead. As a strategic communications advisor and masterclass facilitator, Ash has coached senior leaders at top-tier companies including Cisco, Uber, Google, Lyft, Salesforce, and Oracle. His work spans from boardroom storytelling and executive presence to enterprise-wide transformation messaging. Ash’s passion for solving the communication disconnect across organizations stems from decades of hands-on leadership experience—as a Consulting Practice Manager at Oracle, a Sales Enablement Leader at Cisco, and now as a coach helping leaders close the gap between strategic intent and execution clarity. He’s the creator of the “7 Top Skills of Highly Effective Strategic Leaders” and the Own it. Win it. Crush it.™ Success Blueprint, frameworks that empower leaders to become high-impact communicators who drive results. Ash founded Mivante to bring these principles to scale—building a platform that helps professionals at every level communicate with intelligence, align with purpose, and lead with clarity. His vision is to equip leaders and teams with real-time tools that elevate performance, foster innovation, and fuel enterprise growth through better communication. Ash serves as Chief Excitement Officer at the Executive Greatness Institute and is a certified StandOut and Marshall Goldsmith leadership coach.

    51 min
  3. Rachel Shaw, Show Your People You Care with Compassion not Compliance

    JAN 23

    Rachel Shaw, Show Your People You Care with Compassion not Compliance

    Rachel Shaw is known nationally as the authority on how to implement and manage the FEHA/ADA Disability Interactive Process for candidates and employees. Her trainings and seminars are highly anticipated by Human Resource and Risk Management professionals as informative, dynamic and packed with real-life practical solutions. Rachel is the President and Principal Consultant of Shaw HR Consulting, Incorporated. With more than 15 years of executive-level Human Resources experience, Rachel is recognized statewide as a leader in helping public and private sector employers manage their most challenging personnel issues. Rachel and her team provide comprehensive solutions to employers on how to successfully manage the interconnected roles of human resources, workers’ compensation and disability compliance to successfully reduce litigation, the costs of claims and improve employee-employer relations throughout the process.

    57 min
  4. Jordan Peace, Personalized Employee Benefits for a New Type of Organizational Culture

    JAN 19

    Jordan Peace, Personalized Employee Benefits for a New Type of Organizational Culture

    JordanPeace, is the CEO and Co-Founder of Fringe.,  Jordan's company, Fringe, built a platform around a powerful leadership philosophy:the traditional employee benefits model is broken because it doesn't treat employees like individuals. He argues that the key to modern leadership and team development is moving past future-focused, one-size-fits-all perks (like 401ks and health insurance) to provide personalized, immediate support throughlifestyle benefits. This philosophy has allowed him to build a high-growth company while actively shaping a new type of organizational culture.

    52 min
  5. Eric Termuende, Why Do You Love Working Here? It's the People!

    JAN 13

    Eric Termuende, Why Do You Love Working Here? It's the People!

    Eric Termuende helps organizations build teams that thrive in tomorrow's workplace. As Co-Founder of  NoW of Work, author of "Rethink Work", and a thought leader on the future of work, Eric has spent years researching what drives high-performing organizations forward.    With over 500 speaking engagements across nearly all industries and research involving thousands of employees and hundreds of category-leading organizations like Amazon, Coca-Cola, IBM, Zoom, and Toyota, Eric provides leaders with practical frameworks for navigating what's next.    His core belief: when we build better teams, we create better work experiences and stronger organizations for the future. Recognized as an American Express Top 100 Emerging Innovator, Eric delivers actionable insights that empower organizations to prepare for 2035 today.

    53 min
  6. Tallulah Le Merle, AI Will Reach it's Potential Only When Incorporated with the Humanity Side of Technology Equation

    JAN 9

    Tallulah Le Merle, AI Will Reach it's Potential Only When Incorporated with the Humanity Side of Technology Equation

    Tallulah Le Merle is an AI investor, advisor, and speaker. She is a Partner at Fifth Era, where she leads the firm’s AI strategy. Fifth Era now manages eight investment vehicles with exposure to more than 80 unicorns through fund-of-funds and co-investments.   She began her career as a management consultant advising FTSE 100 companies (Johnson & Johnson, Mars, HSBC, Unilever, etc.) on digital and data transformation - including AI strategy back when it was still largely machine learning and big data. She later served as a fractional COO for AI scale-ups, working directly with founders at the heart of the ecosystem.   Tallulah speaks frequently on the future of AI and investing at global conferences and panels, often with a lens on the humanity side of the technology equation, and hope in the age of AI. She also hosts Fresh AI, the world’s first fully AI-generated daily news podcast on artificial intelligence.

    54 min
  7. Chris Dyer, Company Culture is the Key to Business Success

    JAN 6

    Chris Dyer, Company Culture is the Key to Business Success

    Chris Dyer is a recognized company culture and remote work expert. As a former CEO managing thousands of people, his companies consistently were named a best place to work. They have also been named a fastest growing company by Inc Magazine 5 times. Chris routinely consults and speaks, and Inc Magazine ranked him as the #1 Leadership Speaker on Culture. He has three bestselling books The Power of Company Culture and Remote Work, and has been named #5 on the Leadershum Power List, a Top 50 Voice in Leadership, a Top 40 Change Management Guru, a Top 50 Global Thought Leader, and a Top 50 leadership podcast, Top 50 HR Leaders Shaping the Future of Work, and a Top 101 Global Employee Engagement & Experience Influencers by Inspiring Workplaces and Work Buzz, just this year. As a keynote speaker his goal is to inspire audiences with a straightforward delivery, insightful candor, and engaging humor. His talks leave audiences permanently transformed, offering innovative perspectives on leadership to improve company culture, and empower organizations to discover new successes. Countless companies have unlocked productivity, performance, and profits by implementing his 7 Pillar Strategy.

    57 min
  8. Lindsay Pinchuk, Leadership Training in Cohorts are a Powerful Way to Learn and Grow

    JAN 3

    Lindsay Pinchuk, Leadership Training in Cohorts are a Powerful Way to Learn and Grow

    With a $500 investment,Lindsayleft a high-powered job and founded her first company, which she bootstrapped and grew to a 7-figure year over year business reaching 3MM users each month. She led her company through its acquisition less than a decade later. When she exited, she did so with one mission, to help other women entrepreneurs build their businesses using her Marketing Made Simple strategies. She launched her Top 0.5% global podcast, Dear FoundHer..., which has become a movement for women 40+ who are starting their own businesses. Lindsay’s appeared as a guest on over 50 top-rated podcasts, and has contributed to 300+ television segments, appearing on “Access,” “The Doctors,” and many regular local news outlets. She has a combined social media following of close to 90K. Outside of work, she spends most of her free time with her husband and two daughters---they love going to concerts together.

    56 min
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Dr. Steve Anderson is a storyteller and a lifelong learner who is deeply committed to helping leaders grow. Born out of deep seeded curiosity and passion, Steve launched his podcast as a vehicle for interviewing accomplished leaders who excel in building cultures and developing teams that create impact and deliver value to customers, employees and stakeholders. In this capacity, he is able to tap into his experience as a CEO of a $75 million-dollar company and a 39 year career as a Physical Therapist to ask questions that produce answers for those at all levels – from entry level professionals to seasoned executives – can learn from and build upon. Steve is known for interviewing guests from a wide range of backgrounds and digging deep to find “Pearls of Wisdom” that can be put into practice as professionals look to learn and grow. Steve is an Executive Coach at Orange Dot Coaching.

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  • Creator
    Steve Anderson
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    278
  • Rating
    Clean
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