The Evolved Leader

The Evolved Leader

Hosted by: Dr. Laura Gallaher

Real, human stories with practical tips for leaders who want to evolve themselves and their teams, creating an evolved culture. Dr. Laura Gallaher is an organizational psychologist who has been hired by Disney and...

Episodes

#17 The Power of Self-Acceptance

Season #3

Dr. Stephanie Lopez joins us to discuss everything SELF; self-improvement, self-awareness, self-accountability and most importantly, SELF-ACCEPTANCE. She shares her personal struggles with a never-ending desire for...
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#16 Why Performance Reviews Suck

Season #3

What if you never did another performance review in your life? Would that make you happy? It pleases most people, research has shown that just about everybody hates the performance review process – employees and...
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#15 From Troublemaker to Rainmaker

Season #3

 In part two of this special 2-part series, I speak with Roy Johnson, former VP of Strategic Accounts at UniKey Technologies. Roy was a self-described “troublemaker,” using Slack to do “the devil’s work,” but...
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#14 How Your Self-Deception Can Kill Your Company

Season #3

In this episode, I talk with Lee Odess, former VP at UniKey Technologies, about their bold decision to invest heavily in their leadership development, culture, and team cohesion. Odess describes what drove their...
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#13 When Success Leads to Failure: Lessons from NASA, Part Two

Season #3

In part 2 of this series, we explore our Missing Link Culture Model through the lens of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, so that you can take valuable lessons from NASA and apply them to your own organization....
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#12 When Success Leads to Failure: Lessons From NASA, Part One

Season #3

Join me for a special two-part series, to take a behind-the-scenes look at the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident and how it shaped our ideas about culture. I speak with three people with key leadership roles within...
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How Radical Collaboration® Can Strengthen Your Organization AND Your Relationships

Season #3 Episode #11

In this episode, Jim Tamm joins me to discuss how his career as a senior administrative law judge for the state of California inspired him to co-create Radical Collaboration® – a powerful program with incredible...
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Why Openness Is Essential For Any Startup or Fast-Growing Company

Season #3 Episode #10

Serial entrepreneur, Jonathan Taylor, has started seven companies, acquired 18 and sold three, for an undisclosed amount surpassing a quarter of a billion dollars. And yet he still was open to learning more effective...
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How to Actually Change Your Company Culture

Season #3 Episode #9

Tom Cannon is the CEO of National Carts, a company that has been around for over 30 years. He talks about the process of creating a common vision when stepping into somebody else’s company, as well as the process of...
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How To Create One Team With One Dream

Season #3 Episode #8

On today’s episode, I talk to Suneera Madhani, the founder and CEO of Stax by Fattmerchant. I met Suneera when she was going through Starter Studio, a tech accelerator in Orlando, FL, and when her team was preparing...
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The Power of Self-Acceptance

Season #3 Episode #7

Dr. Stephanie Lopez joins us to discuss everything SELF; self-improvement, self-awareness, self-accountability and most importantly, SELF-ACCEPTANCE. She shares her personal struggles with a never-ending desire for...
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Tayo Rockson on Racism and Communicating Across Cultures, with Impact.

Season #3 Episode #7

Cultural translator, storyteller, and activist, Tayo Rockson, gets real with us about racism.  He discusses the importance of seeing it as a whole and not simply looking at it through our own individual lens.  Push...
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