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
Dr. David Day - Developing Leaders and Leadership
Dr. David V. Day holds appointments as Professor of Psychological Science and Leadership and serves as the Academic Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna Coll…
Cathy Carroll - How to Lead a Family Business With Both Love and Logic
Cathy Carroll learned about family business leadership the best way you can – by leading her family business. After a twenty-year corporate career, she left United Airlines to lead her …
Dr. William Attaway - Growth Happens On the Other Side of Change
Dr. William Attaway is an Executive Coach specializing in leadership, mindset, and productivity who has been leading teams and coaching leaders for nearly 30 years. He's coached hundred…
Dr. Lisa Marie Kerr, Dr. Liz Cavallaro, & Dr. Leigh Ann Perry - Leader Development at the Naval War College
Dr. Lisa Marie Kerr is an Associate Professor in the College of Leadership and Ethics at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC). She joined NWC in September 2022 after a 30-year career in civ…
Betsy Myers - Logic Doesn't Inspire
Betsy Myers is on a mission to improve leadership by developing leaders and teams who infuse passion and purpose into their organizations by leading from both the head and the heart.
Wit…
Dr. Adrian Isabella & Alan Isaacson - Celebrating 250 Episodes!
Dr. Adrian Isabella is a Senior Executive and Chief Innovation Officer at LeaderEdge, a cutting-edge consultancy specializing in leadership development and organizational transformation…
Jessica Leving Siegel, Julie Stark & Denny Roberts - Humans on the Move: Welcoming Migrant Families
Jessica Leving Siegel is an award-winning writer and communications consultant with experience spanning the newspaper and magazine industry, the nonprofit sector, and the disability com…
Dr. Tim O'Brien - Looking for the Development in Leadership Development
Dr. Tim O’Brien is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School where he teaches Exercising Leadership and Developing People in degree programs and chairs the Leadership fo…
Dr. David Reyes - Guide on the Side
Dr. David Reyes serves as the Talent & Leadership Development Manager at Southwest Airlines, overseeing the Leadership Development Programs strategy and execution. Before his work in Ta…
Martin Gonzalez - Why Teams Are Harder Than Tech
Martin Gonzalez is the creator of Google’s Effective Founders Project, a global research program that uses people analytics to uncover what makes the best startup founders succeed and s…
Dr. Carla Ortega Santori & Dr. Dennis McCunney - Elevating Leader Development in Higher Education
Dr. Carla Ortega Santori is the Strategic Initiatives Manager at the Doerr Institute for New Leaders. Prior to this, she developed learning and development strategies at a leading healt…
Amjed Saffarini - Designing for Employee Engagement
As Trove’s Chief Executive Officer, Amjed Saffarini guides the organization from both a growth and customer-centric perspective, building a nationally recognized, award-winning family o…
Peter Moustakerski - Seeing Around Corners
Peter Moustakerski is CEO of Family Office Exchange (FOX), the premier resource for families managing private enterprises and family wealth across generations. For over 30 years, FOX ha…
Dr. Megan Reitz - I Explore Phenomena
Dr. Megan Reitz is Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, Oxford University and Adjunct Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult International Business School. She focuses on how…
Shaun Rozyn - Executive Development
Shaun Rozyn has almost two decades of global experience developing enterprise leaders across the globe. Shaun is currently a Managing Director at Duke Corporation Education, the corpora…
Dr. Mansour Javidan - Global Leadership
Dr. Mansour Javidan is a multiple award-winning and bestselling author and executive educator whose teaching and research interests span the globe, Thunderbird School of Global Manageme…
Kate Bennis - Deeply Heard and Seen
Kate Bennis is a professional actor and clinical social worker who draws from the skills and techniques of the theater, therapeutic training, and years of experience, to give her client…
Dr. Dave Ulrich - Ideas Are My Best Friends
Dr. Dave Ulrich is the Rensis Likert Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and a partner at the RBL Group, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations…
Brandon Chrostowski - You Gotta Figure it Out
Founder, CEO, and president of EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute Brandon Edwin Chrostowski is renowned for changing culinary and hospitality training—in and out of the nation’s p…
Christina Helena - Why Did You Just Have That Thought?
Christina Helena is a speaker, playwright/performer, and founder of My Scar is Sexy, based in New York City. As one of the youngest pancreatic cancer survivors with a thirteen-inch scar…