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Dr. Joe Folkman on Building a Leader’s Strengths

Joe Folkman is cofounder and president of the Zenger Folkman. He has extensive expertise in psychometrics, survey research and managing organizational and individual change. He’s also the author and coauthor of nine books and blogs for both HBR and Forbes. In this episode, we discuss the value of focusing on building a leader’s strengths instead of focusing on their weaknesses.

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Dave Stachowiak’s One Best Question

Dave Stachowiak is the host of the Coaching for Leaders podcast, a top-rated careers podcast on iTunes that’s downloaded over 150,000 times every month. He’s also the founder of the Coaching for Leaders Academy. In this episode, Dave shares a question he loves to use to help him better understand another person’s perspective.

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Garry Ridge on Leadership as Responsibility

Garry Ridge is the CEO of WD-40 Company; he’s the coauthor, with Ken Blanchard, of “Helping People Win at Work”; and he’s a Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching certified executive coach. In this episode of The Coaching Habit Podcast, Garry discusses WD-40’s four pillars of care, candor, accountability and responsibility.

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Chris Ducker’s One Best Question

Chris Ducker is a serial entrepreneur and bestselling author. He’s also launched and grown three businesses, which collectively house over four hundred full-time employees internationally. In this interview, Chris shares with us his favourite question, one that forces people to prioritize their learnings.

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Asheesh Advani on Inspiring the Next Generation

Asheesh Advani is the president and CEO of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide, one of the largest NGOs on the planet, dedicated to educating young people about financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work readiness. In this episode, Asheesh explores how to inspire the next generation of leaders, as well as how JA fosters collaboration and the cultivation of individual talents within its organization.

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Michael Leckie

Michael Leckie’s One Best Question

Michael J. Leckie is the chief learning officer for Digital Industrial at GE. In this interview, Michael shares a series of related questions designed to help people unlock their ability to move forward.

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