ILI Class Content

Applying Innovative Leadership Concepts

Featured Guests: Christopher Hinske & Tom Grote
Many -- perhaps too many -- corporations think they're transforming their business models...but in reality continue to do the same old stuff; they just put fancy new words around it.  Innovative leaders focus more on real systemic change than on the vocabulary.  Many of those change leaders take lessons learned from organizations such as the Innovative Leadership Institute, merge them into their business models, and develop unique new ways of improvement and change.Two of the Innovative Leadership Institute’s certified facilitators join us to discuss how they took the concepts they learned and applied them to their business functions.  Graduates Tom Grote and Christoph Hinske join Maureen to discuss how they have extended the program content, and built a values-based systems mapping technique that helped shape both of their professional and personal journeys.

Getting Lost in the Language of Leadership

Featured Guest: Johnathan Reams
Leadership is nothing without thought -- and research shows we (literally!) think with our hearts as well as our minds. Neurocardiology is just one way we're learning about how a good leader thinks. The development of more robust thinking skills is vital in growing as a leader. Jonathan Reams, of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, discusses the mindsets required for leaders to be effective.

Vertical Development: A Critical Element To Building Highly Effective Leaders

Featured Guest: Mike Morrow-Fox
We have talked extensively about the leadership skills required to handle the increasingly complex work challenges with an accelerating rate of change, interconnected workplaces across the globe and increasing pace of technology. A key question for companies who believe they need to develop leaders to remain competitive is what is required beyond what we are already doing? We explore: 1.What is vertical development? 2.Why does it matter? 3.How does it relate to leader 2050? 4.Can you explain the process? 5.Can you give some examples of specific tactics? 6.What can companies do to leverage this as part of a comprehensive leadership development program? Mike and Maureen explore how vertical development is required to build the mindset and competencies leaders require to navigate this complexity and create long term thriving enterprises.

The Power and Promise of Generation Z Part 1

Featured Guest: AnneMarie Hayek
AnneMarie Hayek joins Maureen to share about her new book, Generation We. In this book, she joins forces with thousands of Zs to tell their powerful story—one that impacts all of us. From new ideas on capitalism, politics, and climate change to education, gender, race, and work, AnneMarie explains how Gen Z thinks, what they envision, and why we should be hopeful. Zs are not naïve idealists. They’re hardened realists with a bold vision for how we can transition, re-create, and progress. Generation We is your invitation to see the future they will create as it’s unfolding.

Business Disruptions: Are You Disrupting Or Being Disrupted?

Featured Guest: Mark D Kvamme
Business disruptions are occurring every day for entire business segments. Effective organizations are looking ahead to lead the disruptive efforts to set the new market. If you are not disrupting – you will get disrupted. Mark Kvamme joins Maureen to discuss how he works with organizations to identify opportunities and be the disruptor rather than being disrupted.
Mark D. Kvamme is a co-founder and Partner at Drive Capital – a Midwest venture capital fund based in Columbus, Ohio. Marek was chairman and CEO of CKS, a NASDAQ listed advertising agency that pioneered new advertising strategies by integrating marketing and technology. CKS helped launch Yahoo, Excite, eBay, Amazon as well as helped companies like GM, MCI, Apple, McDonalds and many others. In January of 2011, Mark was appointed Director of the Ohio Department of Development by Governor John R. Kasich to help implement a policy agenda to create jobs and boost the economy by reviving the state’s ailing economic development efforts. Mark also was instrumental in the creation of JobsOhio, a new private, nonprofit corporation that has taken over the State’s economic development activities. He served as the President and CIO until November, 2012. Mark has a B.A. in French Literature and Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.

The New Role Of Leadership In A Hybrid Workplace

Featured Guest: Greg Moran
We see lots of articles on the future of work, but few about the future of leadership. As work changes, leadership must also change to ensure organizations can meet their objectives. It is essential for leaders to "innovate how they lead" to keep pace, but what does that mean? Greg Moran joins the show to explore the changes leaders need to make in how they think about and perform the essential work of leadership.
 
 
Greg Moran is a C-level digital, strategy and change leadership executive with extensive global operations experience. He led corporate strategy for Ford, and designed the plan that Alan Mullaly used to turn around the company. Greg held C-level IT positions in app dev, infrastructure and core banking applications at Ford, Nationwide Insurance, and Bank One/JPMC. He began his career in consulting with Arthur Andersen Accenture, working across industries with 100 companies over the course of a decade. He is passionate about leadership and culture and teaches part time on the topic at Ohio University.  

Leadership Trends for Future-Ready Leaders in 2022 and Beyond

Featured Guest: Christopher Washington
Uncertainty is the norm across all realms of our work and home lives. However, this uncertainty is different depending on professional roles and personal living conditions. This year’s leadership trends report points out key trends we anticipate continuing and some recommendations to address these trends. Christopher Washington joins Maureen to discuss these trends and how leaders can prepare themselves and their organizations to face these trends.

Winning In The Face of Adversity: Overcoming Challenge with Grace

Featured Guests: Congress Woman Joyce Beatty & Doug McCollough 
In a time when people are sharing more of their personal struggles, we talk to Congress Woman Beatty and Doug McCollough about their struggle and more importantly how they navigated those struggles so that she could make their greatest impact on the world. Congresswoman Beatty not only overcame, she changed the people’s view of what it was to be a successful black woman and she mentored women to make sure the pipeline behind her was strong and the country was better because of all facets of her service! She talks about how helping women succeed helps America succeed. She serves as a role model for inclusion globally by serving with grace and decorum! Doug shares how his focus on inclusion is expanding the field of employees working in technology in central Ohio. Through his board work as well as his work as CIO, he is creating a pipeline that allows unemployed people to get trained and find technology jobs. He is helping build the system that will close this gap long term!

Leader Character

Featured Guest: Dr. Mary Crossan
In this episode, Dr. Mary Crossan describes what leader character is, why it matters, and how to develop it. She will explain how leader character fosters individual well-being and sustained excellence in organizations. Elevating character alongside competence is a new frontier for leadership.

Systems Innovation in Practice, The What, Why, and How

Featured Guest: Christoph Hinske
Systems Innovation, including systems thinking & dynamics, is one of the most essential skill sets in the 21st century. Christoph Hinske joins Maureen to discuss how the basics can be learned in under 10 minutes and applied to your own projects in under 4 hours. Do not believe in people who state: "You have to have a high IQ, use expensive programs and study for years to use systems stuff. Without this, you will never be able to lead in, sensitive, messy and highly ambiguous environments."