Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D.
Practical Wisdom for Leaders is your fast-paced, forward-thinking guide to leadership. Join host Scott J. Allen as he engages with remarkable guests—from former world leaders and nonprofit innovators to renowned professors, CEOs, and authors. Each episode offers timely insights and actionable tips designed to help you lead with impact, grow personally and professionally, and make a meaningful difference in your corner of the world.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 296
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Dr. Todd Deal - Activation Energy
Todd Deal, Ph.D., serves as Senior Faculty and Director of the Higher Education practice in the Societal Advancement group at the Center for Creative Leadership. In this role, his focus…
Dr. Barbara Kellerman - The Month That Shook the World
Dr. Barbara Kellerman is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. She was the Founding Executive Director of the Center, and a member of the Kennedy School…
Dr. Cynthia McCauley - An Achievement of the Collective
Cynthia McCauley is an honorary senior fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership. With more than 35 years of experience, Cindy has been involved in many aspects of CCL’s work: resear…
Ira Chaleff - Followers and Tyrants
Ira Chaleff is an author, speaker, workshop presenter, and innovative thinker on the beneficial use of power between those who are leading and those who are following in any given situa…
Dr. Manfred Kets de Vries - I Came Back Yesterday From Moscow
Dr. Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries is the Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organisational Change and the Raoul de Vitry d’Avaucourt Chaired Professor of Leade…
Dr. Henry Mintzberg - What's Dumbing Us Down?
Dr. Henry Mintzberg is a name known to many. He’s a writer and educator - most of his work focuses on managing originations, developing managers, and rebalancing societies (which is whe…
Dr. Jonathan White - A House Built by Slaves
Jonathan W. White is a professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University. He is the author or editor of 13 books, including Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelecti…
Dr. Donna Ladkin, Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick, & Dr. Marion Missy McGee - Beyond Whiteness in Leadership Theorizing
Dr. Donna Ladkin is a professor of leadership and ethics at Antioch University. She is an internationally recognized leadership and ethics scholar whose philosophically-informed publica…
Dr. Deborah Helsing - Minds at Work
Deborah Helsing, Ed.D., is a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She teaches courses in adult development, Immunity to Change, and she co-teaches a…
Dr. Matt Dearmon - Two Turntables and the Right Tone: Practice and Theory in Corporate Leadership Development
Matt Dearmon is the Director of Leadership and Professional Development at Informatica, an organization that empowers next-generation cloud data innovation. Matt has a Ph.D. in Curricul…
Mark Bowden - Is That a Butterfly?
Mark Bowden is a world-renowned body language expert, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. Voted Global Gurus’ #1 Body Language Professional in the world, Mark’s unique GesturePlane…
Joe Hart - Our Life Is What Our Thoughts Make It
"Our life is what our thoughts make it" - Dale Carnegie
Joe Hart is the President/CEO of Dale Carnegie Training, a company whose founder pioneered the human performance movement more tha…
Dr. Tom Bateman - Proactivity
Dr. Tom Bateman is a professor emeritus with the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. Tom’s academic field is organizational behavior, including topics like leadership…
Dr. Assegid (AZ) Habtewold - Welcoming the Butterflies
Dr. Assegid (AZ) Habtewold is a transition and transformation strategist at Success Pathways, LLC (www.successpws.com). AZ has over 20 years of international leadership experience in bo…
Brenden Newton - I’m Gonna Walk With You
Happy New Year!
Brendan Newton is a husband, father, ex-professional bodyboarder, mental health awareness advocate, and recruitment manager for the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experi…
Dr. David Rosch - What We Have Right Now is a History Lesson
Listen to Episode #1 of Phronesis. David Rosch was my first guest - I Have a Fear
Dr. David Rosch is Associate Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Cha…
Dr. Ron Heifetz - A Brave Space
Ronald Heifetz is among the world’s foremost authorities on the practice and teaching of leadership. He speaks extensively and advises heads of governments, businesses, and nonprofit or…
Reo Watanabe - The Evolving Self
Reo is a leadership developer and researcher. His dream is to strengthen world peace by promoting leadership not only at an individual level but also at a systemic level. He teaches ada…
Dr. Bill Torbert - A Fuller Contact With Reality
Bill Torbert is a founding board member of Global Leadership Associates and Amara Collaborative, as well as Leadership Professor Emeritus at Boston College. Recent recognitions include…
Dr. Karl Kuhnert and Dr. Keith Eigel - Vertical Development
Karl W. Kuhnert, Ph.D. is Professor of the Practice of Organization and Management in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Karl’s research focuses on how leaders cognitivel…