Best T Fox Dunham Podcasts (2024)

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Episode #32: Conversations for a Better Future with Paymon Hamidi 57:32

11h ago57:32

57:32

Kobe Bogaert and Amy Vodarek speak with Paymon Hamidi, CEO of Infracore, an Information Technology Consulting and Managed Services firm founded in 2003. Their conversation focuses on the three major areas where Paymon recognized his team needed support in order to start acting less like a group and more like a team: communication that sparks action…

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Episode #31: The Learning Leader with Garry Ridge 55:05

8d ago55:05

55:05

Kobe Bogaert and Heather Neely connect with Garry Ridge, former CEO of WD-40, about his experience as a servant leader. Garry is also the founder of The Learning Moment, where he shares his wisdom with organizations and leaders to help them build their cultures. This episode is like a crash course of The Learning Moment—packed with memorable anecdo…

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Episode #30: Our CEO Is Blocking Team Success (And I’m the CEO!) with Andrea Bordenca 56:29

2M ago56:29

56:29

Dr. Steven Jones and guest host Sonia Bu catch up with Andrea Bordenca, CEO of DESCO Service and co-author of Growing Groups Into Teams. Andrea shares her personal journey of self-discovery and learning to learn which fundamentally shifted her relationship to leadership and working with others. In this episode, we explore the critical conversations…

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Episode #29: Responsibility Transforms Teams with Juliana Vergara 45:38

2M ago45:38

45:38

Amy Vodarek and Heather Neely talk with Juliana Vergara, VP of Leadership and Executive Coaching with accounting firm FORVIS and co-author of Growing Groups into Teams. Juliana explains how she came to recognize the distinction between accountability and responsibility. In today’s conversation, we explore: What it looks like to be accountable versu…

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Episode #28: A Mentor’s Legacy with Papanii Okai 37:24

3M ago37:24

37:24

Pam Fox Rollin and Elayna Alexandra talk with Papanii Okai, CTO of Venmo Engineering at PayPal, about lessons on leadership from the late Marc Smith Sachs. Marc, a principal of Altus Growth Partners and an extremely valued member of our team, passed away in June 2023. Over the years, Marc mentored and inspired numerous leaders in many organizations…

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Episode #27: The Relational Leader with Sailaja Manacha 43:18

3M ago43:18

43:18

Amy Vodarek and Dan Winter talk with Sailaja Manacha, co-author of Growing Groups Into Teams and Leadership Coach at Physis. Sailaja brings her background in psychology to re-humanizing leaders and their teams. In today’s episode, we explore the missing conversations around: Your “relational resume” and the relational patterns leaders exhibit Build…

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Episode #26: Igniting Value in Cross-Generational Teams with Heather Neely 47:11

3M ago47:11

47:11

Dan Winter and Steven Jones talk about unlocking value in cross-generational teams with Heather Neely, co-author of Growing Groups into Teams and Principal Consultant with Altus Growth Partners. Heather reflects on the generational differences that were present in her early career, and how those differences have persisted and shifted over the years…

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Episode #25: Leading With Care with Bob Dunham 54:32

3M ago54:32

54:32

Kobe Bogaert and Jan Irene Miller of Altus Growth Partners speak with Bob Dunham, founder of the Institute for Generative Leadership and a contributor to the recently published Growing Groups into Teams. Bob Dunham has years of experience in developing leaders from around the world and supporting them in leading with care, value, and generative lea…

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Episode #24: Trust Makes or Breaks the Team with Amy Vodarek 36:02

4M ago36:02

36:02

Dan Winter and Elayna Alexandra talk with Amy Vodarek, co-author of Growing Groups into Teams and Principal Consultant with Altus Growth Partners. Amy shares one of the most common professional experiences that is an indicator of trust breakdown: side conversations or “the meeting after the meeting.” In today’s conversation, we explore the missing …

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Episode #23: Forging Your Team at the Top with Pam Fox Rollin 42:38

5M ago42:38

42:38

Dan Winter and Amy Vodarek talk with Pam Fox Rollin, lead co-author of Growing Groups into Teams and Principal Consultant with Altus Growth Partners. Pam reflects on her commitment to efficiency, strategy consulting, and building teams that truly care about the work they do. In today’s conversation, we explore the conversations your executive team …

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Episode #22: Creating Brave and Diverse Teams with Dr. Steven E. Jones 53:37

5M ago53:37

53:37

Heather Neely and Dan Winter talk with Dr. Steven E. Jones, co-author of Growing Groups into Teams and Principal Consultant with Altus Growth Partners. Steven Jones has been a part of many diverse teams, to advocate for diverse communities. In today’s conversation, we explore the qualities that allow team members to be not only diverse, but to be b…

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Episode #21: Grow an Amazing Team from Scratch with Kobe Bogaert 50:50

5M ago50:50

50:50

Heather Neely and Amy Vodarek talk with Kobe Bogaert, co-author of Growing Groups into Teams and Managing Director at Altus, about his insight into teamwork and collaboration based on over a decade of consulting experience. Kobe, Heather, and Amy reflect on the experience of working on a book about teamwork as a team and what they each learned alon…

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Episode #20: Leading Teams When They Don’t Exist with Jan Irene and Bridget Mulindi Meye 42:16

6M ago42:16

42:16

Kobe Bogaert talks with Jan Irene Miller, co-author of Growing Groups into Teams and Principal Consultant with Altus Growth Partners, and her colleague, Bridget Meyer, about their experience bringing electricity to a remote village in Zambia. Jan Irene and Bridget reminisce on the beginnings of the project, and how they brought together a team that…

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Episode #19: Uniting Remote Leaders into Teams with Dan Winter 55:47

6M ago55:47

55:47

Kobe Bogaert and Jon Osborne talk about remote teams and strategies to lead them with Dan Winter, co-author of Growing Groups into Teams and Principal Consultant with Altus Growth Partners. In Dan’s experience, all teams—whether they work remotely or not—face the exact same challenges. However, many leaders of remote teams struggle to address those…

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Episode #18: Conscious Culture Building with Kyra Kennedy 52:55

6M ago52:55

52:55

Kobe Bogaert and Dan Winter meet with Kyra Kennedy, co-founder, former CEO, and culture champion of Baratza, which develops, manufactures, and distributes high quality coffee grinders to consumers and professionals around the world. Kyra shares how Baratza grew its brand and consciously developed an organizational culture to support the switch from…

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Episode #17: Trusting Your Team with Phil Harkins 43:34

6M ago43:34

43:34

This week, Elayna Alexandra and Lynette Winter met with Phil Harkins, the co-founder and chairman of Prossimo Global Partners and the visionary behind Leaders24, a global summit for leaders. In today’s conversation, we cover: The importance of conversations in leadership and organizational development Team work, performance, and category one teams …

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Episode #16: A New Way to Lead: Power Dynamics with Nolitha Tsengiwe (Part 2) 38:01

7M ago38:01

38:01

Kobe Bogaert and Steven E. Jones continue their discussion with Nolitha Tsengiwe, an experienced executive coach and registered psychologist, as well as director and founder of Courage to Lead. For the full context of this conversation, listen to Part 1 (Episode 15) first. In today’s conversation, we cover: Leadership development and organizational…

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Episode #15: A New Way to Lead: Power Dynamics with Nolitha Tsengiwe (Part 1) 48:14

7M ago48:14

48:14

This week, Kobe Bogaert and Steven E. Jones talk with Nolitha Tsengiwe, an experienced executive coach and registered psychologist, as well as the director and founder of Courage to Lead. Nolitha shares her incredible knowledge about the power each of us holds, and how we can use that power to enable the people with whom we work. In today’s convers…

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Episode #14: Cultivating Change: New Tech in Agriculture with Ed Kuyper 54:20

7M ago54:20

54:20

Dan Winter and Amy Vodarek speak with Ed Kuyper, the co-founder of Agtech Bio, an organization that brings in technology to build a cleaner planet with safer and smarter food systems. Ed shares his experience transitioning to the industry of agriculture technology, and how he applies his skillset and knowledge to a whole new industry in pursuit of …

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Episode #13: The “New Normal” and Leading with Resilience with John Register 43:47

7M ago43:47

43:47

Elayna Alexandra and Steven Jones talk to John Register, an All-American long jumper and Paralympic Silver medalist. In today’s conversation, we cover: Adapting to change, overcoming adversity, and winning in life Embracing the “new normal” and small wins for success How to have a growth mindset as a leader How to be vulnerable in order to grow, bo…

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Episode #12: The Power of Healing and Grieving In Community with Lisa Simms Booth (Part 2) 26:04

9M ago26:04

26:04

Steven Jones and Amy Vodarek continue their conversation with Lisa Simms Booth, Executive Director of Smith Center for Healing and the Arts. If you missed Part 1, we highly recommend listening to Episode 11 first for the full context, available here: https://www.podpage.com/missing-conversations/episode-11-the-power-of-healing-and-grieving-in-commu…

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Episode #11: The Power of Healing and Grieving In Community with Lisa Simms Booth (Part 1) 35:03

10M ago35:03

35:03

Today, Steven Jones and Amy Vodarek host a conversation with Lisa Simms Booth on her personal and professional experience with cancer. Lisa Simms Booth is the Executive Director at Smith Center for Healing and the Arts. Founded in 1996, Smith Center is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit for individuals living with a cancer diagnosis, their caregivers…

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Episode #10: Building the Artisan Community in Africa with Alicia Wallace 33:18

10M ago33:18

33:18

Today, Kobe Bogaert and Pam Fox Rollin host a conversation with Alicia Wallace on artisan entrepreneurship in Africa and how accessing the US market can raise living standards for workers in Africa. Alicia is the co-founder and CEO of All Across Africa, an organization dedicated to driving social change through the ethical production and distributi…

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Episode #9: Adopting humanized DEI strategies for your company with Nicole Stibbe 45:03

10M ago45:03

45:03

Today, our hosts, Amy Vodarek and Dan Winter, are speaking with a special guest, Nicole Stibbe, the founder and CEO of the consulting organization Soulwork Alliance. Soulwork helps develop forward-thinking organizations committed to advancing their companies by prioritizing the diversity of thought background and capabilities of their people. While…

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Episode #8: Unveiling Medical Racism: Making the Invisible Visible with Kaytura Felix 40:39

10M ago40:39

40:39

This week, hosts Steven Jones and Amy Vodarek delve into the topic of medical racism and its impact on marginalized communities. Our guest, Kaytura Felix, is a distinguished scholar in the Department of Health Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, focusing on structural racism and health justice. She’s a medical doctor trai…

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Episode #7: Challenging Racism in school and communities with Martha Swaim 39:42

10M ago39:42

39:42

Today, our hosts, Steven E. Jones and Amy Vodarek talk with Martha “Marty” Swaim, founder and retired Executive Director of Challenging Racism. Challenging Racism educates and trains people to face and effectively engage in conversations about racism to address inequities of personal, institutional, and systemic racism. Challenging Racism conversat…

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Episode #6: Finding the North Star in Leadership with Jason Kessler 47:14

1y ago47:14

47:14

How can care help us navigate and lead teams innovating for the future? Our hosts Amy Vodarek and Steven Jones, welcome Jason Kessler, the program executive for NASA's Small Business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Kessler’s team engages small business entrepreneurs and innovators to deliver cutting-edge technology…

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Episode #5: Baking Changing Lives into Your Business Model with Alison Bakewell 50:14

1y ago50:14

50:14

In this episode, Dan Winter and Amy Vodarek discuss how Cake4Kids makes birthdays memorable for kids across the U.S. Alison Bakewell is the executive director for Cake4Kids, a multistate volunteer-powered organization that delivers free custom birthday cakes to at-risk children and youth around the country. Cake4kids' unique business model ensures …

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Episode #4: The importance of Trust: Shared Values Drive Business Transformation and Success with Jason Severson 57:45

1y ago57:45

57:45

Your hosts, Kobe Bogaert and Dan Winter, have a conversation with Jason about how he and his team transformed their organization from a small alternative financing venture into a thriving and growing business. As an executive in a commercial bank, Jason was not thinking of transforming an alternative finance business when he joined Primary Funding …

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Episode #3: Are You Making High-Quality Decisions? with Sheldon Bernard 1:15:14

1y ago1:15:14

1:15:14

Today’s discussion is about decision-making and ensuring we make the right choices for our businesses. Our hosts, Dan Winter, and Amy Vodarek speak with Sheldon Bernard, a champion of applied decision sciences and founder of A440 Management, a consultancy dedicated to improving decision-making under uncertainty. Sheldon discusses the role of bias i…

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Episode #2: Crafting A Business From a Puzzle with Matt Goins 56:12

1y ago56:12

56:12

Today’s episode discusses how personal passion and a great business idea led to a spot on Oprah's Favorite Things list while raising awareness of diversity among our young ones. Our guest, Matthew Goins, created Puzzle Huddle in January 2018 with his wife’s support. Since childhood, Matthew has always had an itch for crafts, building things, and pu…

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Episode #1: Bringing African Communities Together with Almaz Negash 41:07

1y ago41:07

41:07

Your hosts, Dan Winter and Steven E. Jones, speak with Almaz Negash, named one of Silicon Valley‘s Top 100 Women of Influence for her work in social innovation. Almaz shares her incredible story, from the beginnings of her leadership journey in a new country to her vision and mission for the African Diaspora Network. In 2010, Almaz founded the Afri…

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Episode #32: Conversations for a Better Future with Paymon Hamidi 57:32

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Episode #31: The Learning Leader with Garry Ridge 55:05

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Episode #30: Our CEO Is Blocking Team Success (And I’m the CEO!) with Andrea Bordenca 56:29

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Episode #29: Responsibility Transforms Teams with Juliana Vergara 45:38

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Episode #28: A Mentor’s Legacy with Papanii Okai 37:24

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Episode #27: The Relational Leader with Sailaja Manacha 43:18

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Episode #26: Igniting Value in Cross-Generational Teams with Heather Neely 47:11

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Episode #25: Leading With Care with Bob Dunham 54:32

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Episode #24: Trust Makes or Breaks the Team with Amy Vodarek 36:02

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Episode #23: Forging Your Team at the Top with Pam Fox Rollin 42:38

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Episode #22: Creating Brave and Diverse Teams with Dr. Steven E. Jones 53:37

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Episode #21: Grow an Amazing Team from Scratch with Kobe Bogaert 50:50

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Episode #20: Leading Teams When They Don’t Exist with Jan Irene and Bridget Mulindi Meye 42:16

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Episode #19: Uniting Remote Leaders into Teams with Dan Winter 55:47

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Episode #18: Conscious Culture Building with Kyra Kennedy 52:55

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Episode #17: Trusting Your Team with Phil Harkins 43:34

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Episode #16: A New Way to Lead: Power Dynamics with Nolitha Tsengiwe (Part 2) 38:01

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Episode #15: A New Way to Lead: Power Dynamics with Nolitha Tsengiwe (Part 1) 48:14

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Episode #14: Cultivating Change: New Tech in Agriculture with Ed Kuyper 54:20

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Episode #13: The “New Normal” and Leading with Resilience with John Register 43:47

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Episode #12: The Power of Healing and Grieving In Community with Lisa Simms Booth (Part 2) 26:04

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Episode #11: The Power of Healing and Grieving In Community with Lisa Simms Booth (Part 1) 35:03

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Episode #10: Building the Artisan Community in Africa with Alicia Wallace 33:18

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Episode #9: Adopting humanized DEI strategies for your company with Nicole Stibbe 45:03

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Episode #8: Unveiling Medical Racism: Making the Invisible Visible with Kaytura Felix 40:39

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Episode #7: Challenging Racism in school and communities with Martha Swaim 39:42

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Episode #6: Finding the North Star in Leadership with Jason Kessler 47:14

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Episode #5: Baking Changing Lives into Your Business Model with Alison Bakewell 50:14

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Episode #4: The importance of Trust: Shared Values Drive Business Transformation and Success with Jason Severson 57:45

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Episode #3: Are You Making High-Quality Decisions? with Sheldon Bernard 1:15:14

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Episode #2: Crafting A Business From a Puzzle with Matt Goins 56:12

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Episode #1: Bringing African Communities Together with Almaz Negash 41:07

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