ChoinqueCast
Periodic interviews focused on goodness and leadership
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 80
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
Leadership Story | Leaders Understand Energy
It has been a privilege getting to know a Christian-based organization following an open-enrollment Leadership Excellence Course this summer at the USAF Academy. We may ask ourselves, what does a Chr…
Coaching Story | Leaders Create an Energizing Environment
One of the attendees at our most recent Academy Leadership Excellence Courses hosted at the USAF Academy shared a realization both on the first day to our group of eleven, and afterward during our on…
Episode 25 - Interview with Brandon Lark, President of Great Southwestern Construction, Inc.
In Episode 25, we meet a next-generation business leader, who focuses as much on people as results, Brandon Lark. Starting out “in the field” as a Superintendent and Project Manager, Brandon was appo…
Coaching Story | Leaders Continuously Grow
At a recent Leadership Excellence Course hosted at the United States Air Force Academy, one of the attendees both had and shared a significant realization and growth experience. With Roger’s permissi…
Leadership Story | Leaders Are Transparent
After binge-watching the powerful HBO miniseries Chernobyl:
my thoughts turned to our country and the ongoing issue with Boeing’s 737 MAX. What’s common to both events? A …
Coaching Story | Great Leaders Create Alignment
At an in-house Leadership Excellence Course last week multiple attendees realized, that from their position in the corporate hierarchy, the mission of the company was not as clear as it should be. Th…
Episode 24 - Interview with Andie Kramer and Al Harris, authors of Breaking Through Bias
In Episode 24, we meet a most interesting couple, Andrea Kramer and Alton Harris. Andie is a partner in the international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, which was just listed as one of the “…
Coaching Story | Leaders Share Their Stories
Our Academy Leadership group, a terrific team of former military officers who are also senior civilian executives, often share our stories. With his permission, I would like to read to you an email f…
Episode 23 - Interview with Dan Pontefract, author of open to think
In Episode 23, we meet Dan Pontefract, Dan is the founder and CEO of The Pontefract Group, a firm that improves the state of leadership and organizational culture. Dan has presented at four different…
Leadership Story | Leaders Promote Emotional Intelligence
My friend and colleague Susan Packard recently sent me a copy of her new book Fully Human. My hope is that it reaches a larger audience than her first work New Rules of the Game, which was written pr…
Episode 22 - Panel Discussion With Professor Barry Strauss
In Episode 22, we visit Cornell University, and Professor Barry Strauss’ history and classics course “War and Peace in Greece and Rome.” Professor Strauss led a conversation between the two of us abo…
Leadership Story | Leaders Learn From the Past
How many of you request feedback in order to learn and improve, or benefit from a 360 evaluation? This past week, at Cornell University, we went back a bit further and explored Leonidas I, the legend…
Episode 21 - Interview with Lisette Sutherland, author of Work together Anywhere
In Episode 21, we meet Lisette Sutherland, who describes herself as a remote-working German-born American living in the Netherlands who is today jazzed by the fact that it is possible to work from an…
Leadership Story | Leaders Connect Instinctively
The past couple weeks have included multiple Academy Leadership Energize2Lead, or E2L, Workshops. Intentionally, this workshop is offered first during multi-day Leadership Development Programs so tha…
Episode 20 - Interview with Kristen Lowers, Senior Director of IS, Saddle Creek Logistics
In Episode 20, we meet Kristen Lowers and learn how the development of a Personal Leadership Philosophy has shaped her leadership journey, both at work, and in life. Kristen first attended an Academy…
Leadership Story | Leaders Connect Worldwide
An interesting series of leadership discussions started this month with a dynamic and intellectually curious colleague in Australia. Turns out we connected in May 2017 when I was speaking down under …
Leadership Story | Leaders Cross The Knowing-Doing Gap
This past week we held our annual Academy Leadership Conference in south Florida. A lot happens over three full days, and we usually leave very energized. One of the reasons for this is that we share…
Leadership Story | Core Values Drive Leaders
Just received an email from a client this past week: We’ve stayed connected since she first attended an open enrollment leadership course about three and a half years ago. She is an accomplished and …
Leadership Story | 2018 Reflections and Thank You
Twenty-four books were reviewed this year:
Work Without Walls
Working With Difficult People
Disrupt Yourself
Counter Mentor Leadership
The Genius of Opposites
Pacing for Growth
Out of Our Minds
Violent Leade…
Coaching Story | Leaders Delegate and Instill Accountability
During a recent executive coaching session, our primary focus was reviewing organizational changes made over the past 90 days. You see, the client is restructuring several groups, with the specific o…