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Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D.

Practical Wisdom for Leaders is your fast-paced, forward-thinking guide to leadership. Join host Scott J. Allen as he engages with remarkable guests—from former world leaders and nonprofit innovators to renowned professors, CEOs, and authors. Each episode offers timely insights and actionable tips designed to help you lead with impact, grow personally and professionally, and make a meaningful difference in your corner of the world.

A Better Way To Fail with Dr. Melisa Buie

31 mins; March 31, 2026

4 Knowledge Shifts for Global Leaders with Elisa Mallis and Dr. Cynthia Cherrey

25 mins; March 24, 2026

Better Humans, Better Leaders with Dr. Joel Rothaizer

37 mins; March 17, 2026

Social Intelligence Explained with Dr. Ron Riggio

29 mins; March 10, 2026

EOS Made Simple with Mark O'Donnell

35 mins; March 03, 2026

Moving The Needle On Leader Development with Dr. David Rosch and Dr. Dan Jenkins

34 mins; February 24, 2026

Leader and Followers of The Year: Power & Pushback with Dr. Barbara Kellerman

37 mins; February 17, 2026

Courageous Followership with Ira Chaleff

35 mins; February 10, 2026

Are You Grounded or Not? with Paul Crick

39 mins; February 03, 2026

The Forgotten Skills Behind True Leadership with Peter Weiss

30 mins; January 27, 2026

The Four Components of Leadership with Dr. Toby Newstead

37 mins; January 20, 2026

AI as Your Manager (and Leader) with Dr. David V. Day

34 mins; January 13, 2026

Schools Are Complex Adaptive Systems, Not Complicated Machines with Nick Hart

32 mins; January 06, 2026

Humans in the Loop with Dr. Karl Kuhnert

36 mins; December 23, 2025

Bold Career Pivots with Misha Rubin

42 mins; December 16, 2025

Rethinking The Polarity Map with Dr. Joel Rothaizer

55 mins; December 09, 2025

The Wake I Leave with Dr. Joel Rothaizer

44 mins; December 02, 2025

Listening Without Agenda with Andrew McMasters

46 mins; November 26, 2025

Slow Is Smooth, Smooth Is Fast with Jon Macaskill

39 mins; November 18, 2025

You're the Boss with Sabina Nawaz

36 mins; November 11, 2025

Profit With Purpose with Sunil Puri

37 mins; November 04, 2025

Leadership at the Crossroads with Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei

29 mins; October 28, 2025

Exploring with Purpose (3) with Dr. Jonathan Reams

37 mins; October 21, 2025

Exploring with Purpose (2) with Dr. Jonathan Reams

36 mins; October 14, 2025

Exploring with Purpose with Dr. Jonathan Reams

42 mins; October 07, 2025

Athletic Coaching as Leadership with Chris Whritenour, Bret Beecher, Dennis Pluth, & John Dailey

30 mins; September 30, 2025

Men’s Leadership Development with Dr. Nicole Ferry

41 mins; September 23, 2025

Content Fatigue with Scott Ritzheimer

34 mins; September 16, 2025

Discovering Lincoln Through the Eyes of Douglas with Dr. Jonathan White

35 mins; September 09, 2025

Reimagining Business Through Systems Thinking with Dr. Wayne Mayer

36 mins; September 02, 2025

Skip the Sexy Stuff: Why Leadership Development Needs to Start with the Boring Bits with Dr. Barrett Keene

33 mins; August 26, 2025

Changing on the Job with Jennifer Garvey Berger

36 mins; August 19, 2025

Navigating Leadership Polarities with Cathy Carroll

31 mins; August 12, 2025

The Knowing-Doing Gap in Leadership with Dr. Amal Ahmadi & Dr. Bernd Vogel

37 mins; August 05, 2025

Developing Servant Leaders at Scale with Dr. Max Klau

31 mins; July 29, 2025

Don’t Stay in Your Lane: A Conversation with Cynthia Pong

32 mins; July 22, 2025

Design from the Heart with Jenn Zella

25 mins; July 15, 2025

Beyond Quick Fixes: Reimagining How We Develop Leaders with Dr. Barbara Kellerman

35 mins; July 08, 2025

Soul-Centered Leadership with Richard Barrett

38 mins; July 01, 2025

Collective Leadership with Dr. Richard Bolden

34 mins; June 24, 2025

Deeds, Not Words: How Leaders Combat Genderwashing with Dr. Rita A. Gardiner & Dr. Hayley Baker

35 mins; June 17, 2025

From Submarine to Spaceport: Adaptive Leadership with Trey Carlson

35 mins; June 10, 2025

The Climate Change Leadership Imperative with Dr. Doug MacKie

45 mins; June 03, 2025

When Theory Meets Reality with Dr. Juandré Peacock

40 mins; May 27, 2025

Exploring Virtue-Based Leadership with Dr. Toby Newstead

37 mins; May 20, 2025

Leadership Unscripted: Leadership Learning from Pop Culture and Media with Dr. Brigitte Biehl

38 mins; May 13, 2025

Leadership in Ukraine: Studies During Wartime with Dr. Alexander Negrov and Dr. Ron Riggio

35 mins; May 06, 2025

Clarity: Business Wisdom to Work Less and Achieve More with Jim Vaselopoulos

42 mins; April 29, 2025

Why Middle Management Really Matters with Jeff Sigel

38 mins; April 22, 2025

Learning in Public: How a Leadership Podcast Changed My World with Dr. Scott J. Allen

36 mins; April 15, 2025

Fostering Innovation: Creative Problem Solving with Dr. Amy Climer

34 mins; April 08, 2025

Sustainable Success: The Long Game for Work, Family, and Beyond with Jon Acuff

48 mins; April 01, 2025

Lead Like a Futurist: Navigating Change and Designing the Future with Cecily Sommers

38 mins; March 25, 2025

Mastering Your Awareness Quotient: Leading in Complex Environments with Brian Cunningham

37 mins; March 18, 2025

Leadership in Conflict: Insights from Northern Ireland with Dr. Joanne Murphy

32 mins; March 11, 2025

Crafting a ‘Yes/And’ Mindset: A Formula for Collaboration & Creativity with Bob Kulhan

37 mins; March 04, 2025

Staying Relevant in Rapid Change: The Future of Building with Anthony Amunategui

35 mins; February 25, 2025

Personal Growth as a Catalyst for Leadership with Todd Bertsch

45 mins; February 18, 2025

Dr. Flo Falayi - Leadership Redefined: Balancing Performance and Transformation

35 mins; February 11, 2025

Dr. Mary Crossan and Corey Crossan - Building Better Leaders: How Character Outshines Competence

39 mins; February 04, 2025

Jeffrey Beeson - Network Leadership: A New Paradigm

35 mins; January 28, 2025

Ira Chaleff - The Power of Political Followers to Make Good Leaders and Brake Bad Ones

43 mins; January 21, 2025

Zuzana Čmelíková - Leadership in Slovakia

40 mins; January 14, 2025

Neal Foard - Shining a Light

41 mins; January 07, 2025

Josh Lindblom - Those Values Are Living and Breathing

41 mins; January 01, 2025

Carey Jaros - Providing Safe Sustainable Solutions

36 mins; December 25, 2024

Dr. Ralph Gigliotti - Post-Crisis Leadership

39 mins; December 18, 2024

GC Myers - You've Got To Be a Full Person

36 mins; December 10, 2024

Marianne Crosley - Transforming Communities

43 mins; December 03, 2024

Dr. David Day - Developing Leaders and Leadership

44 mins; November 26, 2024

Cathy Carroll - How to Lead a Family Business With Both Love and Logic

45 mins; November 19, 2024

Dr. William Attaway - Growth Happens On the Other Side of Change

36 mins; November 13, 2024

Dr. Lisa Marie Kerr, Dr. Liz Cavallaro, & Dr. Leigh Ann Perry - Leader Development at the Naval War College

42 mins; November 05, 2024

Betsy Myers - Logic Doesn't Inspire

31 mins; October 29, 2024

Dr. Adrian Isabella & Alan Isaacson - Celebrating 250 Episodes!

36 mins; October 22, 2024

Jessica Leving Siegel, Julie Stark & Denny Roberts - Humans on the Move: Welcoming Migrant Families

32 mins; October 15, 2024

Dr. Tim O'Brien - Looking for the Development in Leadership Development

44 mins; October 08, 2024

Dr. David Reyes - Guide on the Side

39 mins; October 01, 2024

Martin Gonzalez - Why Teams Are Harder Than Tech

36 mins; September 24, 2024

Dr. Carla Ortega Santori & Dr. Dennis McCunney - Elevating Leader Development in Higher Education

32 mins; September 17, 2024

Amjed Saffarini - Designing for Employee Engagement

49 mins; September 10, 2024

Peter Moustakerski - Seeing Around Corners

43 mins; September 03, 2024

Dr. Megan Reitz - I Explore Phenomena

43 mins; August 27, 2024

Shaun Rozyn - Executive Development

44 mins; August 20, 2024

Dr. Mansour Javidan - Global Leadership

44 mins; August 13, 2024

Kate Bennis - Deeply Heard and Seen

44 mins; August 06, 2024

Dr. Dave Ulrich - Ideas Are My Best Friends

41 mins; July 30, 2024

Brandon Chrostowski - You Gotta Figure it Out

30 mins; July 23, 2024

Christina Helena - Why Did You Just Have That Thought?

50 mins; July 16, 2024

Col Matt Horner, Lt Col Matt Orlowsky, Dr. Daphne DePorres, Dr. Dave Levy - Every Interaction is an Opportunity

38 mins; July 09, 2024

James Stoller, MD & MinhTri Nguyen, MD - Developing Leaders in Healthcare

44 mins; July 02, 2024

Amy Elizabeth Fox - Performance Ready

34 mins; June 25, 2024

Dr. Jonathan White - Abraham Lincoln and Political Skill

52 mins; June 18, 2024

Nadia Taranczewski & Dr. Valerie Livesay - Conscious Tribes

52 mins; June 11, 2024

Dr. Barbara Kellerman - Leadership from Bad to Worse

38 mins; June 04, 2024

Dr. Alis Anagnostakis & Dr. Valerie Livesay - Frontiers in Vertical Development

62 hours 11 mins; May 28, 2024

Dr. Nadir Zafar & Dr. Michael Yap - Developing Leaders in Singapore

38 mins; May 21, 2024

Dr. Keith Grint - A Cartography of Resistance: Leadership, Management, and Command

39 mins; May 14, 2024

Dr. Angelica Larios - The Pygmalion Effect

41 mins; May 07, 2024

Dr. Laura Empson - Leading Professional People

46 mins; April 30, 2024

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