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
Annemarie de Jong - Inclusive, Invested, & Immersive
Annemarie de Jong brings 25 years of experience as a strategic adviser, impact consultant, and executive coach to leading national and multinational organisations. She’s on a mission to…
Dr. Margaret Wheatley & Dr. Kathy Allen - Who Do We Choose To Be?
Since 1966, Dr. Margaret Wheatley has worked globally in many different roles: a speaker, teacher, community worker, consultant, advisor, formal leader. From these deep and varied exper…
Dr. Michael Mascolo - On Becoming a Whole Person
Dr. Michael F. Mascolo is a Professor of Psychology at Merrimack College and Academic Director of the Compass Program — a transformational higher education experience based on principle…
Jeff Strese - An Interdisciplinary Lens
In this episode, Scott Allen and Jeff Strese discuss the unique context of family-owned businesses, focusing on leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and family dynamics…
Dr. Susan Murphy - Strategic Thinking
Dr. Susan Murphy is Chair of Leadership Development in the Business School at the University of Edinburgh. She was formerly Director of the School of Strategic Leadership Studies at Jam…
Dr. Wendy Smith - Both/And Thinking
Dr. Wendy K. Smith is the Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management and faculty director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Lerner College of Business and Economics, University o…
Dr. Jonathan White - Three Stories of Lincoln & Complex Decision Making
Dr. 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 Reel…
Joe Hart - Take Command
Joe Hart is the President/CEO of Dale Carnegie Training, a company whose founder pioneered the human performance movement more than 100 years ago and has continued to succeed and grow w…
Dr. Lisa DeFrank-Cole & Dr. Sherylle Tan - Women and Leadership: Why it Matters
Dr. Lisa DeFrank-Cole is an author, educator, and leadership coach with more than 25 years of experience working in universities and state government. Lisa works with individuals and gr…
Dr. Aftab Erfan & Amiel Handelsman - The Many Faces of JEDI
Dr. Aftab Erfan (she/her) is a scholar-practitioner currently serving as the City of Vancouver’s first Chief Equity Officer. She leads internal transformation for a public organization …
H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović - Persistent, Patient, and Creative
H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is Croatia's 4th and 1st female President (2015-2020) with broad national and international experience in politics, diplomacy, and security studies. During…
Dr. Barbara Kellerman - Vladimir Putin: Leader of the Year, 2022
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. Suze Wilson & Dr. Brad Jackson - Appreciative Reflections on the Leadership of Jacinda Ardern
Dr. Suze Wilson, is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management at Massey University. She is passionate about all things leadership along with an abiding interest in how we can make …
Dr. Jonathan Reams - Leadership Development Laboratory
Dr. Jonathan Reams is driven by an insatiable curiosity about the essence of human nature and how to cultivate this essence in the service of leadership.
He uses various outlets to achie…
Dr. Jimmy Parker & Dr. Jonathan Reams - We Have a Measurement Problem
Dr. Jimmy Parker advises executives leading unprecedented transformations in large organizations. He has led over 100 transformation initiatives in multiple Fortune 50 companies and sev…
Dr. Iva Vurdelja & Dr. Jonathan Reams - If People Could Only Think Better
Iva Vurdelja, Ph.D., is the Founding Principal of Requisite Development LLC. Iva has a multifaceted career as an educator, consultant, and executive coach. She enables senior leaders in…
Dr. Abigail Lynam, Geoff Fitch & Dr. Jonathan Reams - A Spectrum of Development
Abigail Lynam, Ph.D., is Faculty for Fielding Graduate University’s Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Development and Faculty and Coach for Pacific Integral’s Generating Transformative …
Dr. Aidan Harney & Dr. Jonathan Reams - Passionately Detached Curiosity
Dr. Aidan Harney serves as Global Talent Management & Leadership Development manager for Intel Corporation’s Fabrication, Sort & Manufacturing, or FSM, division. This is a 12,000-stron…
Fr. David McCallum, Ed.D. & Dr. Jonathan Reams - We Are Varied, Dimensionally Complex Creatures
David McCallum, S.J., Ed.D is a Jesuit priest and leadership educator. He serves as the founding Executive Director of the Program for Discerning Leadership, a special project of the Ge…
Dr. Chuck Palus, John McGuire, & Dr. Jonathan Reams - The Both/And Reality
Charles J. (Chuck) Palus, Ph.D., is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership (retired 2020). He studies, teaches, and develops leadership as a relational process …