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S5:E172🎙️LIVE with Ms. Tam Lawrence
Reclaiming the Screen: Leadership, Media Ownership & the Courage to Build 📺📰🎙️🚀
Leadership & Success Podcast, Season 5, Episode 172
 
Mark your calendars!
📅 Wednesday, August 19, 2026
⏰ 6:00 AM PT — San Francisco, CA
⏰ 8:00 AM CT — Madison, WI
⏰ 9:00 AM ET — Washington, D.C.
📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
 
I’m excited to welcome Ms. Tam Lawrence to the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ, Season 5: Episode 172 for a conversation about what it means to stop waiting for permission—and start building.
 
Tam is a publicist, journalist, publisher, brand architect, strategic communications executive, author, broadcaster, entrepreneur, playwright, and civic-media innovator whose career spans more than two decades.
 
She is the Founder and CEO of PIQSTAR INC., PBC, a Wisconsin Public Benefit Corporation focused on civic-media infrastructure, and the force behind Exposure Plus TV. Her journey has crossed the stage, newsroom, statehouse, public relations, publishing, entrepreneurship, advocacy, and media ownership.
 
But what makes Tam's story especially compelling to me is the evolution behind those accomplishments:
She learned how to tell stories.
She helped others tell their stories.
She published stories.
She built platforms to distribute stories.
And now she's working to help communities and journalists own the infrastructure that carries their stories forward.
That is leadership. 💯
 
📚 What You Will Learn…
✨ The Courage to Build: Why leaders must sometimes stop asking, “Where can I find an opportunity?” and start asking, “What can I build?”
✨ Betting on Yourself: What decades of entrepreneurship have taught Tam about reinvention, resilience, asking for help, and moving forward when success is anything but guaranteed.
✨ Turning Pain into Purpose: How adversity can inform leadership, advocacy, service, and purpose without becoming the entirety of your identity.
✨ Reclaiming the Screen: Why Tam believes independent journalists and communities need more than social-media accounts—they need greater ownership of their platforms, audiences, intellectual property, archives, and stories.
✨ The Future of Civic Journalism: How PIQSTAR's vision for branded newsrooms and community-centered journalism could help address local “Media Black Outs” and create new pathways for independent journalists.
✨ Leadership in the AI Era: What happens to trust, authenticity, journalism, and human storytelling as AI transforms how information is produced and distributed.
📚 TWO BOOKS. TWO DECADES OF PR EXPERIENCE.
We'll also explore lessons from Tam's two books.
📘 A Strategic Guide for Business Owners in Public Relations Campaigns: The Pouring Out of Two Decades of Experience Public & Media Relations
📕 Mastering the Art of News: Creating Newsworthy Stories for Entrepreneurs: Make Reporters Yearn for an Exclusive
 
💬 Join the Conversation!
✨ 🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!
✨ 🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
✨ 💬 Got questions about leadership, entrepreneurship, public relations, media ownership, journalism, storytelling, resilience, or building your own platform? Post them below—we'll answer them LIVE!
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👇 Your Turn:
✨ ➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode?
✨ ➡️ What's one leadership insight you're applying this week?
✨ ➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, entrepreneur, journalist, creator, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ
 
#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #TamLawrence

S5:E171🎙️ LIVE with Coach Jen Brown
Be the Ripple: Lead Yourself, Lead Others & Lead the Mission 🌊✨
From Autopilot to Intentional Leadership: Building Trust, Capacity & a Life of Purpose
 
Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ
🎙️ Season 5, Episode 171
 
Mark your calendars! 📅
📅 Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026
⏰ 3:00 PM PT — San Francisco, CA
⏰ 6:00 PM ET — Wilmington, NC
📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
 
🌟 Meet My Guest: Coach Jen Brown
What happens when 23 years of American diplomacy, global leadership, crisis management, coaching, faith, and service converge into one powerful leadership philosophy?
Lead Yourself. Lead Others. Lead the Mission. 🧭
 
I’m excited to welcome my friend Coach Jen Brown to the Leadership & Success Podcast!
Jen is the founder of Journey of Grace Coaching, a leadership coach, speaker, trainer, author, podcast co-host, and former U.S. Foreign Service Officer who spent 23 years serving our nation around the world. 🇺🇸🌎
 
Her diplomatic career included assignments in Ecuador, Honduras, Venezuela, Turkmenistan, Colombia, and Washington, D.C. She led multicultural teams, managed complex programs, advised senior leaders, and led through real-world crises—including operations following Ecuador’s devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake.
 
Today, Jen helps leaders move from reactive autopilot to intentional leadership—developing the self-awareness, communication, trust, decision-making, and leadership capacity necessary to build stronger people, teams, and organizations.
 
She also co-hosts the Ripple Effect Leadership Podcast with retired U.S. Ambassador Hugo F. Rodriguez Jr., exploring a principle at the heart of Tuesday’s conversation:
🌊 Leadership creates ripples.
And we’re going deeper.
 
Jen is the author of Coming Home to Me: A Devotional Journey and its Companion Journal, which bring together scripture, reflection, coaching, faith, intentionality, and the courage to do the inner work that makes outward leadership possible.
Her mantra captures it beautifully:
“Live and lead out loud to be the ripple.” 🌊✨
 
 
🎯 What You Will Learn…
✨ Why leadership starts with YOU. Before we can effectively lead others or accomplish the mission, we must first learn to lead ourselves.
✨ Why stillness, reflection, faith, grace, and self-awareness aren't separate from leadership—they can help make better leadership possible.
 
📚 SPECIAL BOOK SEGMENT: Coming Home to Me
We’ll also explore Jen’s deeply personal:
📘 Coming Home to Me: A Devotional Journey
and
📓 Coming Home to Me: A Devotional Journey Companion Journal
 
💬 Join the Conversation!
✨ 🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!
✨ 🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
✨ 💬 Got a leadership, coaching, transition, or networking question for Jen? Post it below—we will answer as many as we can LIVE!
✨ 🌊 Who created a positive ripple in your leadership journey? Tag them and tell us how they influenced you.
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👇 Your Turn:
✨ ➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode?
✨ ➡️ What’s one leadership insight you’re applying this week?
✨ ➡️ Are you leading on autopilot or intentionally right now?
✨ ➡️ What ripple are you creating through the people you lead?
✨ ➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, leader, coach, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
 
Leadership doesn't stop with us.
The way we lead ourselves affects how we lead others.
The way we lead others affects how they lead.
And those choices ripple outward into our teams, organizations, families, communities, and missions.
 
🌊 Lead Yourself. Lead Others. Lead the Mission.
🌊 BE THE RIPPLE!
See you LIVE! 🎙️❤️🙏🏾
 
#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #JenBrown

S5:E170🎙️ LIVE with Kathy Eastwood
The E3 Leadership Code: A Human Approach to High Performance
Express. Engage. Execute. ❤️
 
What separates leaders with good intentions from leaders who consistently create trust, engagement, and high performance?
Join me for the next episode of the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ, S5:E170 🎙️ LIVE with leadership strategist, executive advisor, keynote speaker, CEO, and bestselling author Kathy Eastwood!
 
📅 Thursday, August 13, 2026
⏰ 12:30 PM PT — Silicon Valley / San Francisco, CA
⏰ 3:30 PM ET — Wall Street / New York, NY
📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
🎙️ The E3 Leadership Code: A Human Approach to High Performance — Express, Engage & Execute with Kathy Eastwood
 
🌟 Meet My Guest
Kathy Eastwood has spent decades experiencing leadership from nearly every angle—as an executive, strategist, technologist, Chief of Staff, people leader, entrepreneur, executive advisor, coach, and board member.
Her career has included leadership roles across organizations including Ernst & Young, Reuters, Mercury Interactive, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and high-growth companies. Today, as CEO of E Equals Why, Kathy helps executives and organizations strengthen leadership, build trust, improve execution, and create environments where people and performance thrive together.
She is also the author of the bestselling book The E3 Leadership Code: A Human Approach to High Performance—a practical framework for closing one of leadership's most persistent gaps:
The gap between what leaders intend and what their people actually experience.
Her message strongly resonates with my own leadership philosophy:
❤️ Mission FIRST, People ALWAYS.
Because sustainable results are achieved through our people—not at their expense.
 
📘 What You Will Learn…
Kathy's E3 Leadership Code provides a memorable leadership rhythm:
✨ EXPRESS — Create clarity around vision, purpose, priorities, and the WHY.
✨ ENGAGE — Build trust, connection, shared accountability, and stakeholder buy-in.
✨ EXECUTE — Turn strategy into action through discipline, ownership, rhythm, accountability, and follow-through.
✨ EMOTIONAL QUALITIES — Lead with awareness, authenticity, courage, curiosity, empathy, vulnerability, and humanity.
 
We'll explore why even experienced leaders can “drift” under pressure, how to recognize when our impact no longer matches our intentions, and why self-awareness becomes even more important when deadlines, uncertainty, and competing priorities intensify.
We'll also unpack Kathy's ABCs of Leadership: Awareness, Balance, Connection, Disciplines, Experience, and Followership—and discuss why leadership isn't simply something we know.
Leadership is something we practice.
 
🤖 And we'll look toward the future: As AI and automation make execution faster and increasingly powerful, will distinctly human leadership become even MORE valuable?
I believe the answer is YES!
 
💬 Join the Conversation!
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Got a question about leadership, trust, emotional intelligence, high-performing teams, organizational culture, or the E3 Leadership Code for Kathy? Post it below—we will answer as many as we can LIVE!
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👇 Your Turn
➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode?
➡️ What's one leadership insight you're applying this week?
➡️ Tag a colleague, emerging leader, junior officer, executive, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
 
Great leadership isn't simply about getting results. It is about creating the clarity, trust, connection, and discipline that enable people to achieve extraordinary results together.
EXPRESS the vision. ENGAGE the people. EXECUTE with discipline. Lead with HEART. ❤️
See you LIVE! 🎙️🔥
 
#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #KathyEastwood #E3LeadershipCode #Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutiveLeadership #HighPerformance

S5:E169🎙️ LIVE with COL Dennis Katolin, PhD, USMC 🇺🇸🦅⚔️
Ethics Wins Wars: Leadership, Trust & Adaptation in the Information Age
 
What happens to our values when everything becomes hard?
And what if ethics isn't simply about doing the right thing—but is actually a source of trust, speed, cohesion, and operational effectiveness?
 
Join me for the next episode of the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ for a fascinating conversation with COL Dennis Katolin, PhD, USMC—Marine officer, combat veteran, commander, strategist, educator, author, and leading advocate for treating ethics as an essential component of warfighting.
 
📅 Thursday, August 13, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM PT — San Francisco, CA
⏰ 11:00 AM ET — Washington, D.C.
📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
 
🌟 Meet My Guest
Colonel Katolin has served our nation for more than two decades, including combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and leadership assignments spanning communications, cyber, information operations, education, planning, and command.
He commanded Marine Wing Communications Squadron 28, where his Marines developed the Marine Corps' first Information Maneuver SOP. He also helped initiate and co-author MCDP 8, Information, and his career has taken him from 1st Battalion, 7th Marines to the Deputy Commandant for Information, MARFORCYBER, Marine Corps Information Command, and back to the 1st Marine Division.
 
Dennis is also a third-degree black belt instructor trainer in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and an accomplished scholar. He holds a PhD from Virginia Tech and graduate degrees from the National War College, Marine Corps University, and National University.
 
His newest book, Strategic Culture, Military Adaptation, and the Information Environment: A Comparative Study, examines how the United States, China, Russia, and the United Kingdom have adapted to an information environment increasingly blurring the boundaries among military operations, political authority, technology, and society.
 
But perhaps his most provocative argument is captured in three words:
ETHICS WINS WARS.
Dennis argues that ethics isn't separate from combat effectiveness.
Ethics → Reliability → Trust → Cooperation → Cohesion → Combat Power.
When trust increases, friction decreases. Leaders can delegate. Teams can exercise initiative. Decisions accelerate. Organizations become more resilient.
That principle applies on the battlefield—and in the boardroom.
 
🎯 What You Will Learn
✨ Why ethics can be an operational advantage, not merely a constraint on behavior.
✨ How trust and cohesion create speed and enable decentralized leadership.
✨ What Dennis calls “moral culmination”—and why leaders should prepare people for physical, mental, AND moral pressure.
✨ Why America's military needs more than values statements and ethics classes—and Dennis's case for an actual ethics doctrine.
✨ What combat in Iraq and Afghanistan taught him about leadership, character, loss, and moral preparation.
✨ Why human judgment, character, trust, and ethical leadership may become even MORE important in the age of artificial intelligence.
 
💬 Join the Conversation!
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Got a question about leadership, ethics, trust, AI, strategic culture, information warfare, or the future of conflict for COL Katolin? Post it below—we will answer as many as possible LIVE!
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👇 Your Turn:
✨ What are your three takeaways from this episode?
✨ What's one leadership insight you're applying this week?
✨ Does your organization have an ethical decision-making framework—or simply a values statement on the wall?
✨ Tag a colleague, junior officer, emerging leader, veteran, cybersecurity professional, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
 
Mission FIRST. People ALWAYS.
 
#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #EthicsWinsWars

S5:E168🎙️ LIVE with Uberto BarbiniLeadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ Season 5:Episode 168
Process Over Magic: Leadership, AI, and the Future of Software Engineering** 🤖💻🌎
Mark your calendars!📅 **Wednesday, August 12, 2026**⏰ **4:30 PM PT** — San Francisco, CA  ⏰ **7:30 PM ET** — Washington, D.C.  ⏰ **8:30 AM JST, Thursday, August 13** — Fukuoka, Japan 🇯🇵
📍 **LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]**
🌟 **Meet My Guest**
Uberto Barbini is a Senior Software Engineer at Kraken, technical author, international speaker, Google Developer Expert, open-source contributor, and longtime advocate for Test-Driven Development, Extreme Programming, Functional Programming, and Domain-Driven Design.
With decades of experience building and modernizing software across telecommunications, publishing, global banking, financial services, and technology, Uberto has worked with organizations including Vodafone, Standard Chartered, Citi, Springer Nature, and Kraken.
He is also a true polyglot programmer whose journey has taken him through Java, Kotlin, Python, Scala, Haskell, C#, Clojure, and more.
But our conversation will be about something bigger than programming:
**How should we LEAD when AI can increasingly do the work?**
📚 Uberto is the author of the newly released **_Process Over Magic: Beyond Vibe Coding_**, a timely exploration of how professionals can harness AI assistants without surrendering critical thinking, engineering discipline, accountability, or control.
His message is one every leader should hear:
**AI is powerful—but it isn't magic. Process matters. Judgment matters. Humans still matter.**
🤖 **What You Will Learn…**
✨ What “vibe coding” actually means—and when it becomes dangerous.
✨ Why AI should accelerate human capability without replacing human accountability.
✨ Why Uberto believes developers must **“keep the edge”** and remain in control as AI increases speed.
✨ How rules, testing, guardrails, and disciplined processes can make AI-assisted work safer and more reliable.
✨ How AI can help developers understand and modernize massive legacy systems.
✨ Why AI may make architecture, domain expertise, cybersecurity, communication, critical thinking, and judgment **MORE valuable—not less**.
✨ How organizations can introduce AI without sacrificing quality, security, trust, or engineering craftsmanship.
✨ Why AI can become an extraordinary **teacher and thinking partner**, not merely a machine for generating work.
✨ What young engineers should learn today to remain valuable in an AI-powered future.
✨ What leadership looks like when humans and increasingly capable AI agents work side by side.
One question will sit at the center of our conversation:
**When AI can generate the work, who is responsible for understanding it, challenging it, verifying it, and ultimately owning the outcome?**
My answer begins with leadership.
**We can delegate tasks. We can automate work. But we cannot automate accountability.**
💬 **Join the Conversation!**
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Got questions about **leadership, AI, vibe coding, software engineering, responsible AI, or the future of work** for Uberto? Post them below—we will answer as many as possible LIVE!
👇 **Your Turn:**
➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode?
➡️ What’s one leadership insight you’re applying this week?
➡️ Tag a colleague, developer, technology leader, student, junior officer, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
**Mission FIRST, People ALWAYS.**
#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #UbertoBarbini #ProcessOverMagic #BeyondVibeCoding #VibeCoding #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #GenerativeAI #SoftwareEngineering #Leadership #AIGovernance #ResponsibleAI #FutureOfWork #TechnologyLeadership #Cybersecurity #ContinuousLearning #HumanLeadership

S5:E167🎙️ LIVE with Jack “J.C.” McKissen
The Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ — Season 5:Episode 167
Finding Your Voice — Leadership, Courage & the Power of Being Human
 
Mark your calendars!
LIVE with my friend, Jack “J.C.” McKissen, communications leader, writer, strategist, three-time LinkedIn Top Voice, and one of the most authentic voices in my LinkedIn network.
 
📅 Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM PT (San Francisco) | 11:00 AM MT (Salt Lake City) | 1:00 PM ET (Washington, D.C.)
📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
 
🌟 Meet Jack “J.C.” McKissen
JC's story is a powerful reminder that where we begin does not determine where we finish.
He was the first person in his family to earn a bachelor's degree, beginning an unconventional educational journey after barely graduating high school. His career started serving veterans experiencing homelessness through AmeriCorps and U.S.VETS before taking him into public service, nonprofit and association leadership, communications, entrepreneurship, and writing.
Then, in 2014, something extraordinary happened: JC found his voice on LinkedIn.
A post he wrote went viral, helping transform his career and eventually grow his community to more than 100,000 followers. Today, he is a three-time LinkedIn Top Voice whose writing has reached millions of readers. He has written for and contributed to major publications and has served as a writer and editor for LinkedIn, an Inc. columnist, and a Voice of the Governing Institute.
But this conversation isn't really about followers.
It's about finding your voice—and having the courage to use it for something that matters.
 
💡 What You Will Learn…
✨ How JC transformed adversity and an unconventional beginning into purpose, leadership, and impact.
✨ Why he believes, “To be a thought leader, you've got to have thoughts that lead people.”
✨ How to find your authentic voice—and why leaders sometimes need the courage to lose followers rather than lose their principles.
✨ How JC reinvented his career through writing and what his journey teaches us about overcoming fear and impostor syndrome.
✨ Why LinkedIn should be about relationships, generosity, and adding value, not simply collecting connections.
✨ Why JC encourages people to talk to strangers and how one genuine relationship can change the trajectory of a career.
✨ What leaders are getting wrong about AI, jobs, economic disruption, and the future of work—and why human dignity must remain part of the conversation.
✨ Why authentic human voices may become more valuable, not less valuable, in the age of AI.
✨ What serving veterans experiencing homelessness taught JC about resilience, dignity, empathy, and leadership.
✨ How fatherhood, family, faith, and becoming the first college graduate in his family shaped his understanding of legacy.
✨ And the powerful philosophy behind JC's words:
“If you receive a miracle, you owe one.”
 
💬 Join the Conversation!
✨ 🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!
✨ 🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
✨ 💬 Got questions about leadership, networking, LinkedIn, thought leadership, career reinvention, communications, AI, or finding your voice? Post them below—we'll answer as many as we can LIVE!
 
👇 Your Turn:
✨ ➡️ What are your three biggest takeaways from this episode?
✨ ➡️ What's one leadership insight you're applying this week?
✨ ➡️ What does authentic thought leadership mean to you?
✨ ➡️ Are you using your voice simply to build an audience—or to make a difference?
✨ ➡️ Tag a colleague, emerging leader, junior officer, teammate, or friend who could benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
 
Your voice matters. Find it. Have the courage to use it. And use it to serve someone besides yourself.
See you LIVE Wednesday! 🎙️🔥
 
#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #JackMcKissen #FindingYourVoice #Leadership #Courage #ThoughtLeadership #LinkedIn #Networking #PersonalBranding #Communication

S5E166 🎙️LIVE with CAPT John “JC” Carter, USN (Ret.)The Loudest Sound Is Silence: Leadership Lessons from the Bridge to the Boardroom ⚓🫡Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ — Season 5:Episode 166
Mark your calendars📅 Tuesday, August 11, 2026⏰ 12:30 PM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 3:30 PM ET (Newtown, CT)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
🌟 Meet My GuestCaptain John “JC” Carter spent 30 years serving our nation in the U.S. Navy, specializing in surface warfare and nuclear propulsion and ultimately commanding three Navy ships: USS Salvor (ARS-52), USS Roosevelt (DDG-80), and USS Bataan (LHD-5). He also served as Reactor Officer aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69). 
After retiring from the Navy, JC took those hard-earned leadership lessons into corporate manufacturing, education, executive coaching, and entrepreneurship. Today, he is the founder of the Leadership Bridge Institute, where he helps organizations bridge the critical gap between being a great technical expert and becoming an exceptional strategic leader. His Bridge Method™ emphasizes Assess → Train → Perform → Review, connecting leadership development to real-world application.
JC is also the author of The Loudest Sound Is Silence: Leadership Lessons from the Bridge to the Boardroom—a powerful collection of leadership lessons forged aboard U.S. Navy warships and translated for leaders everywhere.One of his principles stopped me in my tracks:“The loudest sound in any organization is often the sound of what no one is saying. Learn to hear it.” 🔥 That is leadership!
⚓ What You Will Learn…✨ Why great leaders ask before they order—and distinguish defiance from confusion.✨ Why “Rank Is Not Truth” and the most junior person may see something the leader cannot.✨ Why JC once fired his best Sailor—and what that teaches us about culture, standards, and toxic high performers.✨ Why leaders need the courage to say “I was wrong” and own it first.✨ How to build a culture where people feel empowered to “Question Up” and tell senior leaders what they need to hear—not simply what they want to hear.✨ Why leaders sometimes need to throw away the plan while holding tightly to the mission.✨ How Commander’s Intent empowers people to think, adapt, and lead: “Instructions create followers. Intent creates leaders.” ✨ How to recognize dangerous organizational silence—and create the psychological safety necessary for people to speak up.✨ How leaders make the transition from technical expert → strategic leader, from solving every problem themselves to developing teams capable of solving problems without them. 
💬 Join the Conversation!🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?💬 Got a leadership, command, culture, coaching, or career question for JC? Post it below—we will answer your questions LIVE!⸻👇 Your Turn:➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode?➡️ What is one leadership insight you will apply this week?➡️ And perhaps the most important question: What isn't your team telling you—and have you created an environment where they feel safe enough to tell you?➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, senior enlisted leader, emerging executive, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾Mission FIRST. People ALWAYS. ⚓🫡
#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #Leadership #TheLoudestSoundIsSilence #JohnJCCarter #USNavy #NavyLeadership #Veterans #LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutiveLeadership #ServantLeadership #PsychologicalSafety #Accountability #CommandersIntent #Culture #ExecutiveCoaching #FITS

S5E165🎙️ LIVE with Coach Michelle Von Ruden!Leadership, Resilience & Purpose: Growing Through What You Go ThroughLeadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ — Season 5, Episode 165
🔥 Mark your calendars!📅 Tuesday, August 11, 2026⏰ 11:30 AM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 1:30 PM CT (Strum, WI) | 2:30 PM ET (Washington, D.C.)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
🌟 Meet My GuestMichelle Von Ruden is a speaker, burnout strategist, leadership coach, trainer, entrepreneur, and host of the Why I Believe Podcast. Through Von Ruden Coaching & Consulting, she works with high achievers to turn on resilience, clarity, and purpose while turning off burnout, overwhelm, and depletion.Before moving into coaching and speaking, Michelle built more than 15 years of experience across operations, HR, accounting, and finance, serving in leadership positions including Controller, FP&A Manager, Plant Controller, Operations Manager, and Director of Operations. She also earned her MBA in Management and Leadership from the University of Kansas and is a member of the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team. Her philosophy can be captured in five powerful words:“Grow through what you go through.” — Michelle Von Ruden
💡 What You Will Learn…✨ Burnout vs. resilience: How high achievers can recognize burnout before exhaustion becomes their normal.✨ Sustainable success: Why ambition, excellence, and high performance should not require sacrificing your wellbeing.✨ From manager to leader: Michelle's four critical shifts—doing to developing, me to them, control to trust, and positional authority to earned influence. ✨ Trust & influence: Why great leadership isn't about controlling people—it is about developing people who can succeed without you.✨ Habits & character: How our thoughts, beliefs, words, actions, and habits ultimately shape the leaders we become.✨ Growing through adversity: How difficult seasons can develop resilience, clarity, empathy, and purpose.✨ Faith & purpose: Why Michelle created the Why I Believe Podcast and how faith, hope, resilience, leadership, and calling intersect in her life and work.
💬 Join the Conversation!✨ 🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!✨ 🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?✨ 💬 Got questions about leadership, burnout, resilience, purpose, faith, or developing high-performing teams? Post them below—we will answer as many as we can LIVE!⸻👇 Your Turn:✨ ➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode?✨ ➡️ What's one leadership insight you're putting into action this week?✨ ➡️ What does “Grow through what you go through” mean in your own leadership journey?✨ ➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, emerging leader, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
Leadership is not simply about how much pressure we can endure. It's about developing the resilience, character, clarity, and purpose to keep growing—and helping others grow with us.🎙️ Leadership & Success with Coach BZ | S5:E165🌟 LIVE with Michelle Von Ruden, MBA📅 Tuesday, August 11 | 11:30 AM PT | 1:30 PM CT | 2:30 PM ETSee you LIVE! 🎙️🔥❤️
#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #MichelleVonRuden #Leadership #Resilience #Burnout #BurnoutPrevention #LeadershipDevelopment #PersonalGrowth #Purpose #Faith #WhyIBelieve #MaxwellLeadership #Coaching #FITS

S5E164🎙️LIVE with BG Twanda E. Young, USA (Ret.)Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ | Season 5:Episode 164
🇺🇸 Dare to Lead Differently
What happens when a leader has the courage to look in the mirror, listen before speaking, choose conviction over applause, and develop people others may overlook?
Join me for another powerful episode of the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ featuring BG Twanda E. Young, USA (Ret.).
General Young brings more than three decades of distinguished military and civilian leadership experience. During her Army career, she led at increasingly consequential levels, including serving as Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Human Resources Command. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she led a team of more than 3,500 people while helping execute the Army's Retiree Recall mission during an extraordinary national crisis. 
Today, she continues developing the next generation of leaders through teaching, coaching, writing, and LT3 Leadership Solutions.
And this conversation is going to get personal.
📚 We'll dedicate part of our discussion to her bestselling book, Dare to Lead Differently: Chew on This...16 Bites for Bold Leaders, exploring self-leadership, courage, authenticity, resilience, and the people who recognize our potential before we recognize it ourselves.
We'll also explore leadership lessons from her contributions to four additional books—including:✨ The Perfection Trap — When does striving for excellence become destructive perfectionism?✨ When Silence Speaks Louder Than Words — General Young discovered during COVID that intentional silence could surface unheard voices, de-escalate conflict, and create space for better decisions. ✨ The Leader in the Mirror — What happens when a senior leader discovers that she may be the leadership problem? General Young shares a remarkable command experience that forced her to confront the difference between intent and impact. ✨ Built on Conviction, Not Applause — Can you continue doing what is right when recognition, approval, and applause disappear?
🗓️ MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
📅 Tuesday, August 11, 2026⏰ 10:30 AM PT — San Francisco⏰ 1:30 PM ET — Charlotte📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
🎯 What You Will Learn✨ Why leadership begins with self-awareness, not rank or title.✨ How to recognize and escape the perfection trap.✨ Why great leaders sometimes need to stop talking and create space for others to be heard.✨ How humility and accountability can actually strengthen leadership authority.✨ Why every leader needs people willing to hold up an honest mirror.✨ How to remain grounded in conviction rather than applause.✨ How one person believing in someone's potential can change the trajectory of a life.
💬 JOIN THE CONVERSATION!✨ 🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!✨ 🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?✨ 💬 Got a leadership question for General Young? Post it below—we'll answer as many as we can LIVE!
👇 YOUR TURN✨ What are your three takeaways from this episode?✨ What's one leadership insight you're applying this week?✨ Tag a colleague, junior officer, emerging leader, mentor, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
Who was your “Mrs. Woods”—the person who believed in you before you fully believed in yourself? And perhaps the more important leadership question: Whose Mrs. Woods will you become?
#Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #DareToLeadDifferently #BoldLeadership #SelfLeadership #WomenInLeadership #MilitaryLeadership #USArmy #Veterans #Mentorship #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ

S5:E163🎙️ LIVE with Coach Kimberly CoanJoin Us LIVE! Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ – Season 5:Episode 163
Mark your calendars!I'm excited to welcome Kimberly Coan to the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ for what promises to be an inspiring conversation about leadership, resilience, faith, and the courage to pursue your dreams.
📅 Saturday, August 8, 2026⏰ 6:00 AM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 9:00 AM ET (Orlando, FL)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
After an accomplished career leading Human Resources organizations supporting thousands of employees across multiple industries, Kimberly Coan chose to pursue a lifelong dream—becoming a published author. Her new book, Steppingstones to Greatness, is a practical, faith-centered guide that encourages readers to overcome fear, develop positive habits, build confidence, and step boldly into the purpose God has designed for their lives.As a Strategic HR Leader, Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach, Certified Positive Leader, and leadership mentor, Kimberly has spent decades helping organizations navigate change, build high-performing teams, and develop exceptional leaders. Now she is sharing the personal lessons that transformed her own life—from overcoming self-doubt and adversity to achieving one of her biggest dreams.
Whether you're an executive, military leader, HR professional, entrepreneur, student, or simply someone striving to become a better leader, Kimberly's story will encourage you to take the next step toward your own greatness.
🌟 What You Will Learn✨ Why greatness is built one small step at a time—not in giant leaps.✨ How to identify and overcome the fears that keep us from reaching our potential.✨ The daily habits that consistently produce personal and professional growth.✨ Practical leadership lessons from decades of building high-performing teams.✨ How faith, purpose, and resilience can help leaders navigate life's toughest seasons.✨ Why defining clear goals—and acting on them—is essential for long-term success.✨ Behind-the-scenes stories from Kimberly's journey to publishing Steppingstones to Greatness.✨ Actionable advice for leaders who want to inspire, coach, and serve others more effectively.
💬 Join the Conversation!🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, state, or country in the comments!🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?💬 Got a leadership or networking question for Kimberly? Post it below, and we'll answer as many as we can LIVE!
👇 Your Turn➡️ What are your three biggest takeaways from this conversation?➡️ What's one leadership lesson you'll begin applying immediately?➡️ Tag a colleague, HR professional, junior officer, mentor, coach, or teammate who would benefit from this inspiring discussion. ❤️🙏🏾
I can't wait to share Kimberly's remarkable leadership journey with all of you. If you've ever wondered whether it's too late to pursue a dream, overcome fear, or begin a new chapter, this conversation is for you.Remember what Zig Ziglar said:"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."
Let's take that next step toward greatness—together.#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #KimberlyCoan #SteppingstonesToGreatness #Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #MaxwellLeadership #PersonalGrowth #GrowthMindset #WomenInLeadership #HumanResources #ExecutiveLeadership #Faith #Purpose #Resilience #Coaching #Success #Inspiration #LifelongLearning #FITS

S5:E162🎙️ LIVE with Hugh MolotsiLeadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ Season 5 | Episode 162
Mark Your Calendars! 🎙️I'm excited to welcome an extraordinary innovation leader, author, board director, and technology executive to the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ!
📅 Friday, August 7, 2026⏰ 10:00 AM PT (San Francisco) | 1:00 PM ET (Washington, DC)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
My guest, Hugh Molotsi, has spent more than three decades helping organizations transform bold ideas into lasting innovation. A former President & CTO of BuyNothing, Engineering Fellow and Vice President of Innovation at Intuit, accomplished board director, entrepreneur, and leadership advocate, Hugh has dedicated his career to empowering people to think differently, solve meaningful problems, and create cultures where innovation thrives.Hugh currently serves on corporate boards, advises emerging companies, and is the co-author of the outstanding book The Intrapreneur's Journey: Empowering Employees to Drive Growth, a practical roadmap for helping employees become innovators from within their organizations. His passion for leadership extends beyond business through his Black Towns initiative, preserving the remarkable history of historically Black communities and the entrepreneurs who built them.Whether you're a military leader, cybersecurity professional, engineer, entrepreneur, executive, or aspiring people leader, you won't want to miss this conversation.
💡 What You Will Learn…✅ Why the future belongs to intrapreneurs, not just entrepreneurs✅ How great leaders create cultures where innovation flourishes✅ Practical strategies from The Intrapreneur's Journey that every organization can implement✅ The leadership lessons Hugh learned during his remarkable 22-year career at Intuit✅ How to empower employees to think like owners and solve bigger problems✅ Why design thinking, lean experimentation, and collaboration are critical leadership skills✅ What board directors look for in today's CEOs and executive teams✅ How artificial intelligence is changing innovation, leadership, and the future of work✅ The inspiring story behind Black Towns and why preserving history strengthens our future✅ Hugh's best leadership advice for the next generation of innovators
As I often tell my audiences:Mission First. People Always.Innovation doesn't begin with technology.It begins with leaders who believe in people.
Join us as Hugh shares practical wisdom on empowering teams, leading with purpose, and building organizations where everyone has the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.💬 Join the Conversation!🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, state, or country in the comments!🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?💬 Got leadership, innovation, AI, or networking questions for Hugh? Post them below—we'll answer as many as we can LIVE during the podcast!
👇 Your Turn➡️ What are your three biggest takeaways from this conversation?➡️ What's one leadership insight you'll apply this week?➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, engineer, entrepreneur, or teammate who would benefit from this discussion.I look forward to seeing you LIVE!
#Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadershipAndSuccessPodcast #CoachBZ #Innovation #Intrapreneurship #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalTransformation #TechnologyLeadership #Cybersecurity #BoardLeadership #Entrepreneurship #DesignThinking #LeanStartup #FutureOfWork #BlackTowns #STEM #ContinuousLearning #PeopleLeadership #Success

S5E161🎙️ LIVE with LTG Larry Wyche, USA (Ret.)Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ – Season 5:Episode 161
Mark Your Calendars!
Episode Title: From Private to Three-Star General: Leadership Lessons from LTG Larry Wyche
📅 Friday, August 7, 2026⏰ 9:00 AM PT (San Francisco) | 11:00 AM CT (Houston) | 12:00 PM ET (Washington, D.C.)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
I am honored to welcome Lieutenant General Larry D. Wyche, U.S. Army (Ret.), one of America’s most distinguished military logisticians, leadership experts, and executive coaches.
General Wyche’s extraordinary journey began in 1975 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a 17-year-old Private and Cavalry Scout. Over the next 42 years, he rose through the enlisted and officer ranks to become a Three-Star General and Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, leading a $58 billion global logistics enterprise with more than 120,000 Soldiers, civilians, and contractors supporting operations around the world.
Throughout his remarkable career, General Wyche became known not only for delivering mission success but also for developing leaders, caring deeply for Soldiers, and never forgetting his enlisted roots. He famously wore his Sergeant rank insignia beneath his general officer uniform as a daily reminder of where he began and who he served.
Today, he continues to impact organizations worldwide as an executive leadership coach, board director, consultant, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of Shirts Off Our Backs, Boots Off Our Feet: How Leadership Enables Logistics and Supply Chain Execution and Gives You the Edge to Win.
What You Will Learn…
✨ How servant leadership helped one Soldier rise from Private to Three-Star General.
✨ Why the best leaders never forget where they came from.
✨ The leadership principles that apply equally in the military, business, and nonprofit sectors.
✨ How logistics, supply chains, and operational excellence enable mission success.
✨ Why developing people is the most important responsibility of every leader.
✨ How to lead effectively through complexity, uncertainty, and change.
✨ The importance of humility, mentorship, resilience, and lifelong learning.
✨ Practical leadership lessons for military officers, executives, entrepreneurs, and emerging leaders.
💬 Join the Conversation!
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, state, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Have a leadership or logistics question for General Wyche? Post it below, and we will answer as many as possible LIVE during the show!
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👇 Your Turn:
➡️ What are your three biggest takeaways from this conversation?
➡️ What’s one leadership lesson you’re committed to applying this week?
➡️ Tag a colleague, mentor, junior officer, veteran, or teammate who would benefit from hearing General Wyche’s remarkable leadership journey.
I look forward to seeing you LIVE as we explore what it truly means to lead with character, competence, humility, and service.
#Leadership #LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #LarryWyche #USArmy #MilitaryLeadership #ServantLeadership #LeaderDevelopment #Mentorship #SupplyChain #Logistics #ExecutiveLeadership #Veterans #LifelongLearning #Success #MissionFirstPeopleAlways #ArmyLeadership #Podcast #LivePodcast

S5E160🎙️ LIVE with Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, U.S. Navy (Ret.)Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ, Season 5 | Episode 160Mark Your Calendars!
I’m honored to welcome Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, U.S. Navy (Ret.) to the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ for what promises to be a timely and thought-provoking conversation:
Leadership, Intelligence, and Integrity in an Age of Great Power Competition
📅 Date: Thursday, August 6, 2026⏰ Time: 3:30 PM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 6:30 PM ET (Annandale, VA)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
Rear Admiral Studeman retired after an extraordinary 35-year career as one of America’s foremost national security and intelligence leaders. He concluded his distinguished service as Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence, while simultaneously serving as Director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office and the Director of National Intelligence’s National Intelligence Manager for Maritime Affairs. Earlier, he served as Director of Intelligence (J2) for both U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Southern Command, commanded intelligence operations supporting U.S. Cyber Command, and was appointed by President George W. Bush as a White House Fellow. Today, he continues serving as an author, speaker, strategic advisor, and one of the nation’s leading experts on China, the Indo-Pacific, and leadership.  
Our conversation will also explore Admiral Studeman’s outstanding bestselling book, Might of the Chain: Forging Leaders of Iron Integrity, and why character, trust, humility, and integrity remain the foundation of exceptional leadership in every profession.
🎯 What You Will Learn
✨ Why character is a leader’s greatest strategic advantage
✨ Leadership lessons from commanding thousands of intelligence professionals around the globe
✨ How great leaders make sound decisions when information is incomplete and uncertainty is high
✨ What business executives, cybersecurity leaders, and public servants can learn from today’s era of Great Power Competition
✨ Admiral Studeman’s insights on China’s long-term strategic ambitions and what leaders should understand about the evolving relationship between China and Taiwan
✨ Practical lessons from Might of the Chain: Forging Leaders of Iron Integrity that every leader can apply immediately
✨ How to build high-trust, high-performing teams that thrive under pressure
✨ The legacy Admiral Studeman hopes to leave for the next generation of leaders
💬 Join the Conversation!
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Got leadership, national security, China, Taiwan, cybersecurity, or networking questions for Admiral Studeman? Post them below—we’ll answer as many as we can LIVE!
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👇 Your Turn:
➡️ What are your three biggest takeaways from this episode?
➡️ What’s one leadership insight you’ll apply this week?
➡️ Tag a leader, colleague, military officer, executive, cybersecurity professional, or student who would benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
#Leadership #LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #MikeStudeman #USNavy #NationalSecurity #Intelligence #China #Taiwan #IndoPacific #GreatPowerCompetition #Integrity #Character #ServantLeadership #Cybersecurity #StrategicLeadership #MightOfTheChain #Veterans #ExecutiveLeadership #LifelongLearning

S250:E4🎙️LIVE 🇺🇸America 250: President Barack ObamaLeadership, Service, and the Power of Hope
Leadership & Success podcast with Coach BZ, Season 5 | Episode 4
As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, join me for a special America 250 episode as we examine the life, leadership, and enduring legacy of President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States and the first—and to date only—African American President.
This episode is based on my latest article:🇺🇸 America 250 | President Barack Obamahttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/america-250-black-history-year-profile-courage-barack-ger3c/
📅 Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2026⏰ Time: 8:00 AM PT (San Francisco) | 11:00 AM ET (Washington, D.C.)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → RSVP & Join the Discussion
During this episode, we'll explore why historians now rank President Obama 7th among all U.S. Presidents in the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project, placing him alongside Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and Harry Truman. More importantly, we'll discuss what every leader—whether in the military, cybersecurity, business, education, government, or public service—can learn from his example.
During this LIVE conversation, you'll learn:🇺🇸 Why President Obama's election represented one of the most significant milestones in American history.🎯 The leadership principles behind his "No Drama Obama" approach to leading through the Great Recession, national security crises, and major policy decisions.📚 How preparation, emotional intelligence, composure under pressure, and long-term thinking helped define his leadership style.⚓ What I learned serving in the U.S. Navy while President Obama was my Commander-in-Chief—and why those lessons continue to shape my leadership philosophy today.🌎 Why historians continue to elevate his standing among America's greatest presidents and what that means for future generations of leaders.💡 Practical leadership lessons that you can immediately apply in your own career, whether you're leading a team, commanding a unit, serving on a board, or simply striving to become a better leader.
Leadership is never about perfection.It is about character, preparation, service, and helping others believe that tomorrow can be better than today.
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, state, or country in the comments!🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?💬 Got a leadership question for Coach BZ? Post it below, and I'll answer it LIVE during the show!❤️ Tag someone who would benefit from this conversation on leadership, service, and American history.👇 After the podcast, I'd love to hear from you:• What are your three biggest takeaways?• What insight inspired you the most?• What leadership lesson will you put into practice this week?
I look forward to learning with you as we continue celebrating America 250 and the remarkable leaders who have shaped our nation's history.
#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #America250 #BarackObama #Leadership #BlackHistoryYear #BHY #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory #PublicService #CommanderInChief #LeadershipDevelopment #EmotionalIntelligence #Character #Hope #UnitedStates #MilitaryLeadership #CyberLeadership #LifelongLearning

S5:E159🎙️ Live with Todd Marshall HearnsbergerLeadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ | Season 5:Episode 159
From Dysfunction to Flourishing: Building Healthy Leaders and Healthy Organizations
Mark your calendars!
Join me for another inspiring episode of the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ as I welcome Todd Marshall Hearnsberger—leadership consultant, executive coach, author, pastor, entrepreneur, podcast host, and Founder & CEO of Lead Well Solutions.
📅 Date: Friday, July 24, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 1:00 PM CT (Dallas, TX) | 2:00 PM ET (Washington, D.C.)
📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
For more than 30 years, Todd has been helping leaders and organizations thrive by combining servant leadership, operational excellence, and practical business strategy. From leading churches and educational institutions to founding Lead Well Solutions, Todd has dedicated his career to helping organizations build healthier cultures, stronger teams, and more effective leaders. He is also the author of The Dysfunctional Leader: Pathology of Unhealthy Leadership, where he explores why organizations struggle—and how leaders can create workplaces where people flourish.
💡 What You Will Learn
✨ Why healthy organizations begin with healthy leaders.
✨ The hidden behaviors that create dysfunctional workplace cultures—and how to eliminate them.
✨ Why accountability without clarity sets teams up for failure.
✨ How to intentionally build a culture of trust, collaboration, and high performance.
✨ The difference between a “default culture” and a “designed culture.”
✨ Practical leadership lessons from three decades of experience in ministry, business, and executive consulting.
✨ How servant leadership creates lasting organizational success.
✨ Why continuous learning and personal growth are essential for every leader.
Whether you lead a Fortune 500 company, a nonprofit, a military unit, a small business, or a volunteer organization, this conversation will equip you with practical strategies to lead with greater purpose, integrity, and impact.
💬 Join the Conversation!
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, state, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Got leadership or organizational culture questions for Todd? Post them below—we’ll answer them LIVE during the show!
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👇 Your Turn
➡️ What are your three biggest leadership challenges today?
➡️ What is one characteristic every healthy leader must possess?
➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, pastor, executive, entrepreneur, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
#Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #ServantLeadership #OrganizationalCulture #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadWellSolutions #ToddMarshallHearnsberger #LeadershipCoach #HealthyOrganizations #BusinessLeadership #MinistryLeadership #Podcast #LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #Success #Teamwork #Culture #PersonalGrowth #LeadWithPurpose

S5:E158🎙️ LIVE with BK FultonLeadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ | Season 5, Episode 158
A Renaissance Leader Who Reinvented Success Through Purpose, Storytelling, and Legacy
Mark your calendars for an inspiring conversation with one of the most accomplished and visionary leaders of our time!
🎙️ Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ S5:E158 – LIVE with BK Fulton
📅 Friday, July 24, 2026⏰ 7:00 AM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 10:00 AM ET (Richmond, VA)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
My guest, BK Fulton, is the definition of a modern Renaissance man.
After an extraordinary career as a Verizon executive and attorney, BK boldly reinvented himself to pursue the work he believes he was “made to do.” Today, he is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, filmmaker, bestselling author, entrepreneur, technology innovator, and founder of Soulidifly Productions, using the power of storytelling to educate, inspire, and create lasting impact across generations.
His remarkable body of work includes award-winning Broadway productions, feature films, children’s books, leadership books, and groundbreaking initiatives that bridge business, technology, education, and the arts. Through every chapter of his journey, BK has demonstrated that true success isn’t measured by titles—it is measured by purpose, reinvention, and the lives we help transform.
💡 What You Will Learn
✨ How to courageously reinvent yourself after achieving career success
✨ Why great leaders are also great storytellers
✨ The leadership lessons behind The Blueprint: Lessons for Living Your Best Life
✨ Insights from The Blueprint Part Two: Sheroes & Heroes and what 52 extraordinary leaders taught him about success
✨ How purpose becomes the foundation for lasting leadership and legacy
✨ Why kindness, belief, and service remain timeless leadership principles
✨ How leaders can use creativity, innovation, and storytelling to shape culture and inspire future generations
✨ Practical advice for executives, entrepreneurs, military leaders, and anyone preparing for their own next chapter
💬 Join the Conversation!
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, state, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Got leadership, career, entrepreneurship, or networking questions for BK? Post them below—we’ll answer as many as we can LIVE during the show!
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👇 Your Turn
➡️ What does living your best life mean to you?
➡️ If you could reinvent your career tomorrow, what would you pursue?
➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, entrepreneur, creative, or teammate who could benefit from this inspiring conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
#Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadershipAndSuccessPodcast #BKFulton #Storytelling #Broadway #Film #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Purpose #Legacy #ExecutiveLeadership #CareerGrowth #PersonalDevelopment #Authors #TonyAwards #Soulidifly #BeKind #JustBelieve #CoachBZ

S5:E157🎙️ LIVE with CMD CMSgt Dennis L. Fritz, USAF (Ret.)Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ | Season 5:Episode 157
Some leadership decisions shape organizations.
Others shape history.
Join me for a thoughtful and timely conversation with Command Chief Master Sergeant Dennis L. Fritz, USAF (Ret.)—a distinguished 28-year Air Force veteran, former senior enlisted advisor to four-star commanders, Fellow and Former Director of the Eisenhower Media Network, and bestselling author of Deadly Betrayal.
Throughout his remarkable career, Chief Fritz advised senior military leaders on readiness, morale, and mission success while serving at the highest levels of the U.S. Air Force, including assignments at the Pentagon. Today, he continues serving our nation by encouraging informed dialogue about leadership, accountability, and the lessons history teaches us.
Our discussion will not be about partisan politics or conspiracy theories. Instead, we’ll examine one of leadership’s greatest responsibilities: making difficult decisions when lives, national security, and history itself are on the line.
🎯 Episode Title
Leadership Under the Weight of History: Integrity, Accountability, and the Human Cost of National Security Decisions
📅 Date: Thursday, July 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 11:00 AM ET (Washington, D.C.)
📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
💡 What You Will Learn
✨ Why integrity becomes a leader’s greatest asset when facing difficult decisions.
✨ How senior military leaders balance loyalty, accountability, and moral courage.
✨ Leadership lessons from advising America’s highest-ranking military commanders.
✨ Why organizations must create cultures where respectful dissent and critical thinking are encouraged.
✨ How leaders learn from failure without losing public trust.
✨ The human dimension of strategic decision-making—and why every policy ultimately affects real people.
✨ Practical leadership principles for military officers, cybersecurity professionals, and business executives navigating uncertainty.
✨ Why studying history is essential for preparing the next generation of leaders.
💬 Join the Conversation!
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Got leadership or networking questions for Dennis? Post them below—we’ll answer them LIVE!
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👇 Your Turn:
➡️ What leadership decision has taught you the most?
➡️ How do great leaders balance loyalty with accountability?
➡️ What lessons should today’s leaders learn from history to better prepare for tomorrow?
➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, cybersecurity professional, or teammate who would benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾
#Leadership #LeadershipAndSuccessPodcast #CoachBZ #MilitaryLeadership #USAirForce #NationalSecurity #LeadershipDevelopment #Integrity #Accountability #ServantLeadership #DecisionMaking #EthicalLeadership #MoralCourage #HistoryMatters #Veterans #CyberLeadership #LeadershipLessons #ProfessionalDevelopment #MissionFirstPeopleAlways

S250:E3🎙️ LIVE Leadership Lessons from America’s First Documented Family of African Descent 🇺🇸📖Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ: Season 5| Episode 3
Mark your calendars!
Join me for Season 250, Episode 3 of the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ, where we continue our America 250 and Black History Year (#BHY) journey by exploring one of the most remarkable—and deeply personal—stories in American history.
This episode is based on my latest LinkedIn article:
📖 “Leadership Lessons from America’s First Documented Family of African Descent”https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leadership-lessons-from-americas-first-documented-zinga–mx0ac/
📅 Wednesday, July 22, 2026⏰ 2:00 PM PT (San Francisco) | 5:00 PM ET (Washington, D.C.)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]
💡 What You Will Learn
During this special episode, we’ll explore:
✅ The extraordinary story of Anthony, Isabella, and William Tucker—America’s first documented family of African descent.
✅ What the Virginia Muster of 1624/25, America’s earliest surviving census, reveals about their lives and why discovering their names more than 400 years later still matters today.
✅ Why Black history did not begin with slavery—but with civilizations, families, faith, resilience, and hope.
✅ Leadership lessons from a family whose love and perseverance survived unimaginable hardship and whose story reminds us that history is ultimately about people, not just events.
✅ Why primary sources matter, and how evidence-based history helps us move beyond myths toward deeper understanding.
✅ How remembering every American’s story strengthens—not weakens—our shared national identity as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday.
Together, we’ll discuss how studying our shared history helps us become better leaders, wiser citizens, and more compassionate human beings committed to building a more perfect Union for future generations.
💬 Join the Conversation!
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, state, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Got a leadership question for Coach BZ? Post it below—I will answer as many as I can LIVE during the show!
❤️ Tag someone who loves history, leadership, lifelong learning, or believes every American story deserves to be remembered.
👇 After the podcast, I’d love to hear from you:
• What are your three biggest takeaways from this episode?
• What new insight—or reminder—will you put into practice this week?
Please share your reflections in the comments so our entire community can learn and grow together.
History is more than dates and documents—it is the story of people whose courage, faith, and perseverance continue to inspire us today.
I look forward to learning with you LIVE!
#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #BlackHistoryYear #BHY #America250 #Leadership #HistoryMatters #LifelongLearning #AnthonyAndIsabella #WilliamTucker #LeadershipDevelopment #Character #Service #Podcast #LiveOnLinkedIn #MorePerfectUnion

S250:E2 🎙️ LIVE Building America’s Black History BookshelfLeadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ: Season 250 | Episode 2
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Join me for Season 250, Episode 2 of the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ as we explore how books can help us become better leaders, better citizens, and lifelong learners.
This episode is based on my latest LinkedIn article:
📖 “Building 🇺🇸 America’s Black History Bookshelf”https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/black-history-year-building-americas-bookshelf-zinga–pwy7c
📅 Date: Monday, July 20, 2026⏰ Time: 7:30 PM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 10:30 PM ET (Washington, D.C.)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → RSVP & Join the Discussion
💡 What You Will Learn
📚 Why I created the Black History Year Bookshelf, a growing digital library featuring 125+ carefully curated books.
🇺🇸 How Black history helps us better understand the complete American story and the enduring promise of our Constitution.
📖 The 12 essential books I believe every American should consider reading—from The Mis-Education of the Negro and Black Reconstruction in America to The Golden Thirteen, From Slavery to Freedom, and Black AF History.
🎯 How reading history develops critical thinking, intellectual humility, and stronger leadership in the military, business, government, and everyday life.
🗺️ Why understanding America’s successes and shortcomings equips us to help build a more perfect Union for future generations.
🤝 How you can help grow the Black History Year Bookshelf by recommending books that have shaped your understanding of American history, leadership, military service, innovation, education, entrepreneurship, science, and constitutional government.
This isn’t about telling people what to think.
It’s about encouraging all of us to read broadly, think critically, follow the evidence, and continue learning together.
Because Black History is American History.
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, state, region, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Got a leadership question for Coach BZ? Type it below—I’ll answer it LIVE during the show!
❤️ Tag someone who loves history, leadership, or lifelong learning and invite them to join us!
After the podcast, I’d love to hear from you:
✅ What are your three biggest takeaways?
✅ What is one leadership lesson you’ll put into practice this week?
✅ Which book should we add next to the Black History Year Bookshelf?
Let’s build one of the world’s greatest public reading communities—one book, one conversation, and one leader at a time.
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S250:E1🎙️ LIVE | A Nation’s Scar: Why Black History Matters 🇺🇸Leadership & Success Podcast: Season 250 | Episode 1
As America celebrates its 250th birthday, how should we remember our past?
Join me for the premiere episode of Season 250 of the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ, where we’ll explore one of the most important leadership conversations of our time.
This episode is based on my latest LinkedIn article:
📖 “🇺🇸 America 250 | A Nation’s Scar, Not a Political Wedge: Why Black History Matters”
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/america-250-nations-scar-political-wedge-why-black-bob-fabien-bz–pzyjc
📅 Date: Monday, July 20, 2026⏰ Time: 7:00 PM PT (San Francisco) | 10:00 PM ET (Washington, D.C.)📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → RSVP & Join the Discussion
💡 What You Will Learn
🇺🇸 Why Black history is not a separate story—but an essential part of the American story.
📚 Why Dr. Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week, why it became Black History Month, and why I believe Black History Year is a natural continuation of that educational mission.
⚖️ Why understanding the Gettysburg Address, the Reconstruction Amendments, Juneteenth, and the Golden Thirteen helps us better understand America’s continuing journey toward a more perfect Union.
⚓ Why every military officer, public servant, and aspiring leader should study our complete history—not to assign guilt, but to develop wisdom, judgment, humility, and stronger leadership.
🔎 Why I believe the truth does not fear investigation, and why Black History Year is an invitation to examine original documents, military records, museums, biographies, and historical archives—not simply accept someone else’s conclusions.
🌎 How studying our shared and sometimes uncomfortable history can unite us around our highest ideals while inspiring us to continue Lincoln’s unfinished work of building a more perfect Union for all Americans.
Whether you’re a military leader, cybersecurity professional, educator, student, entrepreneur, or lifelong learner, I hope you’ll join this important conversation.
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, state, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
💬 Got a leadership question for Coach BZ? Post it below, and I’ll answer it LIVE during the show!
❤️ Tag someone who would enjoy this conversation and invite them to join us.
After the podcast, I’d love to hear from you:
✅ What are your three biggest takeaways?
✅ What new insight did you gain—or what timeless truth were you reminded of?
✅ What leadership lesson will you put into practice this week?
Together, let’s celebrate America’s 250th birthday by embracing the courage to learn, the humility to reflect, and the commitment to continue the unfinished work of building a more perfect Union.
#America250 #BlackHistoryYear #Leadership #LeadershipAndSuccess #USNavy #MilitaryLeadership #CyberLeadership #HistoryMatters #GettysburgAddress #GoldenThirteen #Juneteenth #ServantLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #Character #Resilience #NationalSecurity #LifelongLearning