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017 | General Stanley McChrystal & Anna Butrico | Risk: A User's Guide

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:38:58 +0000

017 | General Stanley McChrystal & Anna Butrico | Risk: A User's Guide Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/13/2022 - 12:38

Today’s world is rife with risk—be it a global pandemic as we experienced in 2020 or the steady churn of uncertainty that permeates both business and life. In their new book RISK: A User’s Guide, coauthors General Stanley McChrystal and Anna Butrico argue that we must develop both an interface for dealing with risk and an appetite for action. On the podcast this episode, we discuss everything from assessing risk to the need for leadership in a changing world, and the fact that you can fail without being a failure.

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General Stanley McChrystal retired in July 2010 as a four-star general in the U.S. Army. His last assignment was as the commander of the International Security Assistance Force and as the commander of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan. He had previously served as the director of the Joint Staff and as the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command. The author of My Share of the Task, Team of Teams, and Leaders, he is currently a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and the cofounder of the McChrystal Group, a leadership consulting firm.

Anna Butrico graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in English after spending time at University of Oxford, St. Anne’s College. She joined McChrystal Group in 2018, where she has advised Fortune 100 companies and served as General (Ret.) Stan McChrystal’s speechwriter. This is her first book.

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016 | Bill Mullen | The value of lifelong learning

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016 | Bill Mullen | The value of lifelong learning Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 11/09/2021 - 12:18

Retired USMC MajGen Bill Mullen dives in on why it is so important to constantly immerse oneself in learning. Bill has an extensive military background that is rooted in a passion for working with students and further personal growth and development. Bill is a huge believer in lifelong learning, specifically for leaders. We discuss the power that experiential learning has to shape and develop each person as an individual and participating citizen.

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Maj. Gen. William Mullen was commissioned via the NROTC program at Marquette University in 1986 and assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, where he served as a rifle and weapons platoon commander and battalion training officer from 1987 to 1990.

From 1990 to 1993, he served as a platoon commander, executive officer and commanding officer of the Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, was deployed to Operation Desert Shield and participated in several counternarcotics missions in support of Joint Task Force Six. He also served as the battalion training officer for a portion of this tour.

In 1993, Mullen was transferred to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (later redesignated to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines), as the commanding officer of Fox Company. He participated in Operation Sea Signal in 1994, and was deployed with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit from 1995 to 1996 as the small boat raid and cliff assault company commander and participated in operations ashore in the former Yugoslavia. From 1996 to 1999, he served as the inspector-instructor for Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, and led a successful counternarcotics mission in the Los Padres National Forest of California.

In 1999, Mullen was selected to be the Marine aide to the president and served in that capacity until attending the School of Advanced Warfighting in 2001. After school, he reported to the Joint Operations Division of the Joint Staff, J-3, for duty in the PACOM and CENTCOM sections, and served as executive assistant to the deputy director for regional operations until 2004.

In 2004, Mullen reported to 2nd Marine Division for duty as the division plans officer and was chosen later that year to be the operations officer for Regimental Combat Team 8, with whom he deployed to Fallujah, Iraq, from 2005 to 2006. After returning, he assumed command of 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines and returned to Fallujah for most of 2007. Following command he attended the Naval War College from 2008 to 2009, and then commanded the Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group from 2009 to 2012.

After selection to brigadier general in 2012, Mullen was assigned as the commanding general, Education Command, and president, Marine Corps University. In 2013, he was assigned as the director of Capabilities Development Directorate, Combat Development and Integration, then in 2015 he served as the director of Operations and Target Engagement Authority in the Combined Joint Operations Center in Baghdad until June 2016. In July 2016, he assumed command of Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, and was promoted to major general in July 2017. In June 2018, he assumed command of Training and Education Command.

Mullen retired from the USMC in October of 2020.

Mullen holds a BA and MA in political science from Marquette University, and an MA in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College. He is a graduate of the Advanced Artillery Officer Course, School of Advanced Warfighting, Airborne, Ranger, Summer Mountain Leader and Royal Marine Arctic Warfare Survival courses. Mullen co-wrote the book Fallujah Redux, which came out in 2014. All proceeds from the book go to the Semper Fi Fund. Mullen and his wife, Vicki, have three adult children.

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015 | Chief Doreen Jokerst | Community impact starts with saying hello

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:59:20 +0000

015 | Chief Doreen Jokerst | Community impact starts with saying hello Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 10/26/2021 - 17:59

We are pleased to host CU Boulder Police Chief Doreen Jokerst to the show for this episode. Chief chats with us about the importance of listening and interacting with the communities she and her team serve. Additionally, she highlights the initiatives surrounding diversifying her team, specifically when it comes to female officers and teammates. Chief Jokerst has a unique perspective on the power of leadership in high impact scenarios and shares key insights as to how to ensure a strong community.

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Doreen Jokerst is the Chief of Police at the University of Colorado Boulder Police Department. She currently leads a department of approximately ninety employees where she has implemented innovative and community-based policing strategies. She strives to build positive relations with the University and Boulder community and has brought forth new policing programs, resulting in effective policing efforts.

Prior to her appointment she served as a police commander in a Denver-metro suburb police department. She held a supervisory position in all major components of this organization to include Patrol, Investigations, the Office of Professional Standards and Support Services. She has commanded several critical incidents ensuring life safety priorities were at the forefront.

She holds a master's degree in psychology and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. She has successfully completed the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, the Senior Management Institute for Police course, and the FBI National Academy.

Doreen believes building and maintaining positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders is critical in law enforcement, while ensuring fair and impartial policing. She has a successful, proven and well documented track record of working with sworn and civilian employees, community leaders, citizens, and advocacy groups to find common ground in order to build consensus and solve organizational and community problems.

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014 | Matt Moseley | Communication is the secret sauce

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014 | Matt Moseley | Communication is the secret sauce Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 10/12/2021 - 11:39

Communications specialist, author, and adventure swimmer, Matt Moseley chats with us to discuss his experiences at the intersection of strategy, public policy, and public affairs. He discusses how we are called to be a participant in life and not just spectate from the edges.

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Matthew L. Moseley is a communications strategist with decades of experience at the intersection of public policy, business, and government. He has managed many public affairs projects and campaigns for organizations and companies. He is the author of Ignition: Superior Communication Strategies for Creating Stronger Connections and Dear Dr. Thompson: Felony Murder, Hunter S. Thompson and the Last Gonzo Campaign, which chronicles his joint campaign with the late journalist to free Lisl Auman from prison for felony murder. He has completed four first-ever record adventure swims and is the subject of the documentary, Dancing in the Water. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife, Kristin, and their children, Charles and Amelia.

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013 | Dr. Johanna Maes | Multicultural leadership

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013 | Dr. Johanna Maes | Multicultural leadership Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/21/2021 - 21:21

For this episode we welcome Dr. Johanna Maes to discuss multiculturalism, inclusivity, gender bias, and culturally competent teaching methods. She has a multitude of expertise in all facets of education and has compiled extensive curricula, experiential education initiatives, and trainings to address all of these topics. In particular, she helps us explore the power of followers and their critical role in leadership.

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Dr. Johanna B. Maes has twenty-five years of experience in the non-profit sector, k-12, and in higher education. She has developed, implemented, and evaluated innovative curricula, experiential educational initiatives and trainings that focus on multiculturalism, inclusivity, gender bias, and culturally competent teaching methods for audiences ranging from k-12 and university students, nonprofit and business executives, and school administrators.

Dr. Maes is a graduate of two of the nation’s leading leadership development institutes- Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government Executive Leadership Program and the Center for Creative Leadership Executive Leadership Program. Both institutes focus on leadership development, conflict resolution, interpersonal communication, strategic planning and the importance of collaborative decision-making processes.

In addition to serving as an Independent Education Consultant, Dr. Maes serves as the Director of the Master of Arts in Higher Education Program at the University of Colorado Boulder’s School of Education. She is also Senior Instructor in the School’s Multicultural Leadership Scholars Program. She has developed and implemented curricula on topics including multicultural education, race/ethnicity/privilege, cultural competency, Ethnic Studies, multicultural leadership development, service learning, and social justice.

Dr. Maes has co-authored a number of academic articles relating to issues of education inclusivity, transformational leadership, women in leadership, action research methods, and Latina academic achievement. Dr. Maes is co-editor of the book Journeys of Social Justice: Women of Color Presidents in the Academy (Peter Lang International Academic Publishers), released in 2017. She is also co-editor of the book Case Studies in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education: An Intersectional Perspective (Kendall Hunt Publishers), released in 2020.

As a formally trained journalist, who received her Bachelor of Science degree through the University of Colorado School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Dr. Maes has been a columnist/journalist for The Denver Post and the Boulder Daily Camera.

Dr. Maes received her Master’s degree in Multicultural Education from Regis University and a Ph.D. in Education Leadership and Human Resource Studies from Colorado State University.

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012 | Alexia McCaskill | Leadership and law

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 06:00:00 +0000

012 | Alexia McCaskill | Leadership and law Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 08/03/2021 - 00:00

In this episode, we talk about being a lawyer in Washington DC...in the 1990’s as a black female...we also chat about how University staff are growing their leadership skills on campus and about a new mentorship program for 1st and 2nd year law students at CU.

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Alexia McCaskill is the Senior Director for Professional Development at the University of Colorado Law School. She joined Colorado Law’s Career Development Office in 2010 after practicing law for 20 years in Washington, DC. During her time as a practicing attorney, she represented labor unions and served on the legal staff of a federal political appointee.

Alexia originally joined Colorado Law as its Director for Government and Public Services Careers, a role she held for approximately 8 years serving as the office lead on public service career advising and building relationships with government and public interest employers. As a member of the CDO team, Alexia’s duties include counseling law students and alumni in all aspects of their career and professional development, designing and presenting programming in support of student professional development, managing the law school’s mentor program, and chairing the law school’s LRAP Committee. She has also served as the interim administrator of Colorado Law Leaders in Law and Community (LILAC) program which “addresses diversity in the broadest sense by recruiting and developing students from backgrounds underrepresented in law schools and in the legal profession. She continues to serve on the LILAC Committee.

Alexia recently completed CU’s 2020-2021 University Perspective Program, the purpose of which is “to develop and deepen the leadership capacity of staff on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.”

Alexia holds a B.A. in Psychology from Earlham College and a J.D. from Washington University School of Law.

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011 | Mike Kester | Not losing our humanity at work

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011 | Mike Kester | Not losing our humanity at work Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 07/06/2021 - 11:51

So much of what we do in the workplace today requires a fast-pace, minimal budget, and immense pressure. Especially in a COVID and post-COVID world, the importance of taking care of the humans behind it all has slipped into the background. Mike Kester saw a need for focusing on people, specifically millenial new managers, and developed a neuroscience-based program to help them maximize their potential and the potential of their teammates. Lead Belay, his program, emphasizes the importance of working together effectively, problem solving, and tackling big challenges.

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Michael Kester is the founder of Lead Belay, which provides an impactful, but affordable, peer-based leadership development experience for millennial new managers. He founded Lead Belay to make a positive impact on the lives of new managers, their teams, and their communities—this is Michael's passion and the culmination of his life’s work. Before founding Lead Belay, Michael was co-president of The Regis Company for 11 years, using neuroscience principles, experiential learning, and technology to create custom leadership programs for Abbott, Accenture, BNSF, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, EY, PwC, Walgreens, Wendy’s, and other large enterprises. Michael is a former McKinsey & Company consultant and Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking financial analyst, and he holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in philosophy, summa cum laude, from CU Boulder. Michael was a member of the 1991 class of the Presidents Leadership Class and later served as a sophomore class advisor. While at CU Boulder he was also a Tri-Executive in the University of Colorado Student Union, competed on CU’s intercollegiate cycling team, and was awarded a Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

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010 | Sabrina Volpone | Operationalizing diversity in a changing world

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010 | Sabrina Volpone | Operationalizing diversity in a changing world Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 06/22/2021 - 00:00

Our conversation with Dr. Sabrina Volpone centered on diversity in the workplace...how implicit bias plays a role, the business case behind why diversity is a necessity.

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Dr. Sabrina D. Volpone is an assistant professor in the Organizational Leadership division at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. She earned her Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from the Fox School of Business at Temple University.

Dr. Volpone’s research focuses on diversity management and identity management in organizations. Specifically, she uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to understand how organizations manage their diverse workforces and how diverse individuals flourish through the management of their identities at work. This work focuses on examining the workplace experiences of traditionally under-represented employees, as she has work published in the context of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation and immigrant status.

Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology, among others. This work has been featured by CNN Business, CNBC, U.S. News and World Report, The Boston Globe, and has received international press coverage through the Toronto Star, ABC News Australia, and the London School of Economics. She presents her research at professional conferences, including the Academy of Management (AOM), the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and the American Psychological Association (APA).

Her recent research has been funded nationally by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the Management Education Research Institute and internationally by universities in Australia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Further, Sabrina has been a part of multiple consulting teams for organizations such as ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco that maintain a presence atop the Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 lists. Through these consulting experiences, she has contributed extensively to several job analysis projects and technical reports.

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009 | Katie Kramer | Choosing to exercise the behaviors and skills of leadership

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009 | Katie Kramer | Choosing to exercise the behaviors and skills of leadership Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 06/08/2021 - 09:44

In this episode, we talk to Katie about serving a greater good and paying it forward, her work at the Boettcher Foundation, why we all need to take care of ourselves first...as leaders.

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As president and CEO, Katie has come full-circle with the Boettcher Foundation. She was selected as a Boettcher Scholar in 1993 and has been at the foundation in various roles since 1997, including as the director of the scholarship program and vice president — a title she assumed at the age of 26.

Katie has been recognized as one of the Denver Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” and the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce’s “Top 25 Most Powerful Women.”

A fourth-generation Colorado native, Katie attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where she was a Presidents Leadership Scholar and honors graduate at the Leeds School of Business. In 2009, she completed her Executive MBA at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business.

Katie has served extensively in the community on both local and national boards, and is widely regarded as a national expert in scholarship selection processes. Recently, Katie and her colleague wrote and published All the Wisdom and None of the Junk: Secrets of Applying for College Admission and Scholarships in an effort to demystify the scholarship selection process and help the next generation of talented citizens apply for college and scholarships.

Katie is a harmonica-playing, trout-catching, Star Wars-watching, country-dancing, scuba-diving, elk-hunting, Grand Canyon-rafting, mountain-hiking, family-loving, outdoor enthusiast. She lives in Arvada with her husband and two young sons.

Community Involvement:

National Scholarship Providers Association; past-president
Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation; past-chair; Leadership Denver class of 2006
Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, board of governors
Denver Civic Ventures, board member
University of Colorado Leeds School of Business, board member
Colorado Association of Funders, board member
YPO-Colorado, board member

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006 | Christy Orris | Inspiring the next generation of leaders

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:06:16 +0000

006 | Christy Orris | Inspiring the next generation of leaders Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 04/27/2021 - 14:06

In speaking with Christy Orris, co-founder of Peak to Peak Leadership, we explore topics ranging from understanding leadership, to finding your core values no matter what age you are, slowing down, and switching gears from building to giving back. Specifically, we dive into the importance of providing meaningful and transformational leadership development experiences for young people.

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Christy Bieber Orris is an active investor and entrepreneur through Peak-to-Peak Investments. She and her husband, Jay, launched Peak to Peak Leadership to empower the next generation of values-based leaders.

Christy was CEO of the ATEK Companies from 2001-2011, a privately-owned management company, that owned and ran various outsource and product-based companies. Employing over 700 people, ATEK Companies had six manufacturing facilities with revenues exceeding $140 million. Their anchor company, ATEK Medical, was purchased from Medtronic’s Cardiac Surgery business in 2003. Orris and her team developed ATEK Medical into one of the leading finished medical device outsource suppliers in the world. ATEK Medical and its sister company, ATEK Plastics, were sold to KRG Capital in 2011. Before ATEK, Christy was President of Regent Aviation, worked in operations at Baxter Healthcare and in brand management at General Mills. She received her MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth and BS at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Christy is active at the University of Colorado, serving on the Center for Leadership & Leeds School of Business advisory board. She spends her time bringing values-based leadership programing to 600+ middle school, high school and CU students annually and recently introduced YPO-style forums to 80 incoming female freshman. From 2008-2011, Christy chaired the board of University of Colorado, Leed’s School of Business and continues to serve on the board. She was awarded the Alumni Service Award at the University and frequently speaks on campus and mentors students. Christy is an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow and prior board member and member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

She is a member and board member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Education chair for YPO Boulder, member of YPO Family Office Principals Network and the Committee of 200. She was one of Boulder’s 40 Under 40.

Christy and her family are avid travelers and spend 110 days every three years on Semester at Sea, a university study abroad program that sails around the world. In addition to investing and building companies, Christy is restoring a mountain guest ranch and loves to spend time biking, skiing and doing anything outdoors. Christy resides in Boulder, Colorado with her husband and two sons.

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