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
- 295
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Christie Navarro - 2021 National Leadership Symposium - Disruption by Design: Co-Creating Our Approach to Leadership Education
Christie Navarro serves as the Director of the Center for Leadership Learning (CLL) at the University of California, Davis. She has been a part of the UC Davis community for 16 years, …
Dr. Brent Cusher and Dr. Mark Menaldo - Your Invitation to the Conversation
Brent Cusher, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and American Studies at Christopher Newport University, where he teaches courses in the Leadership Studies…
Dr. Gill Hickman - Charisma of Purpose
As one of the inaugural faculty members of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, one of the first institutions in the world with a multidisciplinary fac…
David Rae - Figure it Out
David Rae is the President & Co-Founder of 503 Media & Events - an organization that believes in moments, not things. The 503 team is comprised of creative technologists and plays in t…
Dr. Bruce Avolio - The Holy Grail of Leadership Development
Dr. Bruce Avolio has published 12 books and over 150 articles on leadership and related areas. In 2012, Bruce was identified as being in the top 25 management scholars over the last 50 …
Dr. Denny Roberts - Translator/Integrator
"I’m very proud and satisfied that I’ve walked the path of that middle ground. Which is both being a practitioner as well as a scholar."
Dennis C. Roberts is an independent consultant, s…
Gary Lloyd - Gardeners Not Mechanics
Gary Lloyd has led organizational change initiatives for nearly thirty years. Over the last decade, he has also helped professionals make personal and career changes in his role as a me…
Dr. Dennis Tourish - Torturing the Data Into Confessing
Dr. Dennis Tourish is Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the editor of the journal Leadership, and the author of several books including…
Dr. Jackie Bruce - A More Equitable, A More Just, and A More Liberated Community
Why does she engage in the work? For Dr. Jackie Bruce, it's crystal clear - and it's inspiring. "For me, the 'Why' is that we are creating a more equitable, more just, more liberated co…
Dr. Jonathan Reams - Integral Leadership
Stretch your mind and explore the world of integral leadership! This quote stood out for me - I have a lot to learn! "Instead of looking at linear causality ('well, we’ll have to figur…
Dr. Doug Lindsay - Necessarily Different
This quote will stick with me - "Who you are is how you lead." It's one of those phrases that says so much with very few words. Elegantly simple and powerful. In this episode, Dr. Doug…
Dr. Jeanie Forray - Serendipitous Transitions
This is the quote that really stood out from my conversation with Dr. Jeanie Forray. I love the notion of 'serendipitous transitions.' "My lived experience has been one of serendipitou…
Dr. John Antonakis - Back to Basics
John Antonakis believes that the key to moving forward is getting back to basics: "We need to go back to basics, do some clean experiments, use clean behavioral measures, and then we ca…
Dr. Cynthia Cherrey - An Experience of a Lifetime: ILA's Past, Present, and Future
In this episode, Dr. Cynthia Cherrey discusses the past, present, and future of the International Leadership Association. Her story of the founding is rich and descriptive - an experie…
Team Blue Hens - A Chat with the CLC Champs
What does it take to be a Collegiate Leadership Competition champion? Join the coaches and team members from The University of Delaware, 2021 CLC champions, for their observations on th…
Dr. Therese Huston - Let's Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower
Therese Huston, Ph.D., is a cognitive scientist at Seattle University and the author of three books. Her new book, Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower, was just publish…
Meg U'Ren, Ashley Li, & Allison White - Leaders Developing Leaders at Western University
How can the competition serve as a cornerstone for student leadership programming? I talk with Western University's CLC leaders about their unique approach to using CLC as a tool for st…
Dr. Kaitlin Wolfert - The Influence of Action Learning, Coaching, and Intrapersonal Reflection on Individual Resilience
Dr. Kaitlin Wolfert is the Coordinator for The Center for Student Achievement at Penn State Abington and Adjunct Instructor at Cabrini University's Master of Science in Leadership. In M…
Meghan Pickett & Dr. Bruce DeRuntz - Coaching a Leadership Team (Online)
About Meghan Pickett & Dr. Bruce DeRuntz
Meghan Pickett is the Leadership Academy Program Manager in the Center for Leadership Studies at Illinois Institute of Technology. She is also a…
Bela Jevtovic & Dr. Dan Jenkins - The Collegiate Leadership Competition
About Bela Jevtovic & Dr. Dan Jenkins
Bela was the founding executive director of the Collegiate Leadership Competition (CLC), and an integral force in the growth and development of th…