Leveraging Thought Leadership Podcast
Peter explores the world how independent thought leaders bring their ideas to scale within the business world. His guests include professional keynote speakers, business book authors, specialty consultants, and business-school academics.
Bill investigates the evolving world of organizational thought leadership. His guests include professionals who create, curate, and deploy thought leadership on their organization’s behalf.
Throughout the podcast series, Peter and Bill uncover and discuss trends in thought leadership: strategy, technology, and modality. Listen in as they share best practices for creating value, impact, and revenue through thought leadership.
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Why Resilience Matters and How Leaders Can Cultivate It at Every Level Dr. Deborah Gilboa shares her journey from theater to medicine to resilience expert, uncovering how resilience can be learned and developed. She offers actionable insights for leaders on managing change effectively, building resilient teams, and understanding the natural resistance to change within organizations.…
How to Use Clarity as a Tool for Strategic Planning and Process Improvement Ann Latham reveals how clarity can transform productivity, team alignment, and decision-making in organizations. Through her insights and techniques, Ann shares the process of making clarity a practical tool for business success. How do you cut through the noise to get to…
Mastering Strategy, Relationships, and Monetization in the Nonprofit World In this episode, Dr. Sharon Elefant, CEO of The Nonprofit Plug, shares how she transformed her passion for nonprofits into a thriving consultancy. She reveals key strategies for scaling expertise, monetizing services, and building thought leadership in the nonprofit space. How do you turn a passion…
Why Staying Connected to Practitioners Keeps Thought Leadership Relevant Robert Gordon shares his journey from supply chain management in the cruise industry to becoming an academic thought leader. He discusses how his research on virtual teams and complexity theory gained relevance during the pandemic, highlighting the importance of bridging academia and industry. How do you…
Why Simplicity and Storytelling Matter More Than Ever Joanne Tombrakos shares how pitching is more about persuasion than selling, emphasizing the importance of grabbing attention quickly and building trust through storytelling. She explains why simplifying your message and delivering value fast are key to winning your audience. What does it take to grab your audience’s…
How Thought Leaders Turn Books into Revenue Powerhouses with Speaking and Consulting Peter Winick and Bill Sherman sit down to discuss some of the intriguing findings from the Book ROI study they’ve been involved in for the last several months. What’s the ROI of a business book? Peter Winick and Bill Sherman dive into this…
What Immigrants Can Teach Us About Business Longevity Today, Neri Karra Sillaman shares how her story of childhood hardship led to a life of academia and entrepreneurship. What happens when your toughest challenges become your biggest opportunities? On this episode of Leveraging Thought Leadership, host Bill Sherman dives deep with Neri Karra Sillaman—an Entrepreneurship Expert,…
A Proven Framework for Meaningful Impact in Nonprofits and Beyond In this episode, Heather Hiscox shares her journey from frustration to transformation, emphasizing the importance of relationships, active listening, and embracing imperfection in the change process. What if the way we approach change is broken? Would you try something new? Or stick to what you…
An Author’s Journey Writing Two Books for Two Very Different Audiences In this episode, Chantal Roberts shares with us how she went about writing a highly technical book for a technical audience, and a general book on the same topic for a more common audience. How do you turn technical expertise into a story that…
What Every Author Needs to Know About Protecting Their Rights and Marketing Their Book In this episode, Michael Jenet shares his journey from author, on the brink of losing the rights to their own book, to publisher ensuring what happened to him, never happens to another author. What happens when your publisher holds your book…
Shifting from Coaching Individuals to Elevating the Entire Workforce In this episode, Kirstin Lytle shares how her organization is elevating leaders to their full potential and making the tools they offer more widely accessible. Join host Peter Winick as he dives into a compelling conversation with Kristin Lytle, CEO of The Leader’s Edge, an executive…
Building Credibility Through Community and Content Creation In this episode Bryan Quoc Le shares how a volunteer position led to becoming a published author, supercharging his thought leadership career! Join Bill Sherman as he sits down with Dr. Bryan Quoc Le, a dynamic food scientist, industry consultant, and the author of “150 Food Science Questions…