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Tanya Vogel on Creating a Culture of Community

Tanya Vogel on Creating a Culture of Community

Tanya Vogel has been a distinguished leader in collegiate athletics for nearly 3 decades. Recently, she concluded her tenure as the Director of Athletics at George Washington University; she served in that position for 7 years. Her journey at GW began in 1992 as a student and All-American soccer player. She’s in GW’s hall of fame and she earned multiple degrees at GW including a BS, and MS, and an MBA. She’s also a recognized national figure; she’s served on key NCAA committees and chaired the Atlantic 10 Athletic Director’s Council.

View All, Leaders in Business, Sports and EntertainmentBrian LevensonNovember 6, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Tanya Vogel, George Washington Athletic Director, Ripple ImpactComment

Joe Quitoni on Creating a Cutural Vibe

Joe Quitoni on Creating a Cutural Vibe

Joe Quitoni is the Founder and CEO of Unify Align. Unify Align collaborates with clients to reimagine the people and customer experience, delivering real-world solutions that supercharge business growth. Before starting Unify Align, he put in over 20 years at the Ritz Carlton hotel company, where he served as the Director of Human Resources before jumping over to the brand’s consulting firm, The Ritz Carlton Leadership Center, where he led the team as Global Head of Delivery.

View All, Leaders in BusinessBrian LevensonOctober 30, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Unify Align, Joe QuitoniComment

Harris Fanaroff on The Value of Connection

Harris Fanaroff on The Value of Connection

Harris Fanaroff is the Founder of Linked Revenue. Linked Revenue is a company that helps Executives and sales and marketing teams utilize LinkedIn to generate new business. Harris has over 28,000 followers on LinkedIn and has spent the last 4 years understanding how to best use the platform. He lives right outside Washington DC with his 1-year-old son and wife. He was a former MLB draft pick and Division 1 college baseball player.

View All, Thought LeadersBrian LevensonOctober 23, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Harris Fanaroff, Linked RevenueComment

Dr. Diane Hamilton on What Gets in the Way of Curiosity

Dr. Diane Hamilton on What Gets in the Way of Curiosity

Dr. Diane Hamilton is one of the leading experts when it comes to studying curiosity in the world. She’s written multiple books about curiosity and she’s the creator of the curiosity code index, which tries to help us understand what actually gets in the way of our ability to stay curious. She’s a keynote speaker that’s also been featured in a multitude of publications that you’ve heard of, such as Ink and Harvard Business Review.

View All, Thought LeadersBrian LevensonOctober 16, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Dr. Diane Hamilton, Curiosity Code Index, Curiosity Unleashed, Cracking the Curiosity CodeComment

Jason LaRose on Loving Growth

Jason LaRose on Loving Growth

Jason LaRose has built quite a reputation for himself throughout his career in his desire to help companies scale and grow. He worked for companies like Under Armour, where he became their President of the North America Region. He then went onto Equinox Media, where he served as the CEO, helping them build out their technologies and their content. From there, he co-founded and became President of a company called The Post. Most recently, he became the President of Bombas.

View All, Leaders in BusinessBrian LevensonOctober 9, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Jason LaRose, Under Armour, Bombas, The PostComment

Mitch Warner on Leadership and Self Deception

Mitch Warner on Leadership and Self Deception

Mitch Warner is a managing partner of the Arbinger Institute, which is a global leadership development firm. He directs the development of Arbinger’s leadership development programs and highly customized large-scale organizational culture change initiatives. Mitch has been instrumental in Arbinger’s rapid growth, including its expanding international presence in over 20 countries.

View All, Leaders in BusinessBrian LevensonOctober 2, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Mitch Warner, Arbinger Institute, The Outward Mindset, The Anatomy of Peace, Leadership and Self DeceptionComment

Doug Stitt on Building Connection for Leadership

Doug Stitt on Building Connection for Leadership

Doug Stitt most recently served as the Chief People Officer for the United States Army where he was the lead HR officer for the Army's 1 million uniform and civilian personnel. He graduated from Norwich University and served around the globe in a variety of formations. He is married to Beth and has two daughters, Laura and Anna.

View All, Leaders in BusinessBrian LevensonSeptember 25, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Doug Stitt, Chief People Officer, United States ArmyComment

Ashley Zaslav on Watershed Moments

Ashley Zaslav on Watershed Moments

Ashley Zaslav is the founder of Integrative Complexity, which is a high-performance coaching firm that works with made career high achievers ready to bet on themselves and test their potential. Ashley is an athlete, and she was a two-time captain of the Duke Women’s Soccer Team that was a national finalist in 2011. She competed globally with the US Youth National Team until she finished her career due to injuries.

View All, Coaches, Sports and EntertainmentBrian LevensonSeptember 18, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Ashley Zaslav, Integrative Complexity, Duke University Women's SoccerComment

Gretchen Rubin on Creating Change

Gretchen Rubin on Creating Change

Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. She’s the author of many bestselling books, such as The Happiness Project, Better than Before, and The Four Tendencies, which has sold millions of copies in more than 30 languages. Her most recent book is Life in 5 Senses. She’s also the host of the popular podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin and the founder of the award-winning “Happier” app, which helps people track their happiness-boosting habits.

View All, Thought LeadersBrian LevensonSeptember 11, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Gretchen Rubin, Author, Better than Before, Happier at Home, The Happiness Project, Happier with Gretchen Rubin, The Four Tendencies, Life in Five SensesComment

Tiffany Thompson on Sparking Curiosity

Tiffany Thompson on Sparking Curiosity

Tiffany Thompson is a unique human being. Tiffany weaves the analytic rigor of her early career as a CIA analyst with the explorative creativity of her recording artist career. She is the founder and CEO of Artistic Leadership, which is a creative consultancy that uses the power of art to unlock creativity and connection.

View All, Sports and Entertainment, Leaders in BusinessBrian LevensonAugust 28, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Tiffany Thompson, CIA Analyst, Singer, Artistic LeadershipComment

James Lawrence on Creating Happy Leadership

James Lawrence on Creating Happy Leadership

James Lawrence is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for cultivating great workplaces and empowering people. With more than 25 years of being a CEO and founder, James loves to share his insights, not just on leadership, but also on organizational culture and the intersection of technology and the workplace. He’s the founder of a company called “Happy,” which is dedicated to empowering people and improving how every team works together.

View All, Leaders in BusinessBrian LevensonAugust 21, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, James Lawrence, Happy, EntrepreneurComment

Micah Hendler on How Inclusion Reduces Extremism

Micah Hendler on How Inclusion Reduces Extremism

Micah Hendler is someone that believes in the power of using our voices, and specifically around music, to change how we see other people. He’s a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient for his work in the music industry. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Jerusalem Youth Chorus, which is and Israeli-Palestinian music and dialogue project that he started years ago. Through the co-creation of music and the sharing of stories, the chorus empowers young singers from East and West Jerusalem to speak and sing their truths.

View All, Thought LeadersBrian LevensonAugust 14, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Micah Hendler, Forbes 30 Under 30 List, Jerusalem Youth Chorus, Raise Your Voice LabsComment

Melissa Urban on Whole 30 and Boundaries

Melissa Urban on Whole 30 and Boundaries

Melissa Urban co-founded and became the CEO of the Whole 30 brand. She’s also a recovered addict, a New York Times Bestselling Author, a mother, a podcast host, a nature churchgoer (those are her terms), and she also talks about boundaries quite a bit and wrote a book all about boundaries, which is called The Book of Boundaries.

View All, Thought Leaders, Leaders in BusinessBrian LevensonAugust 7, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Melissa Urban, Whole 30, The Book of BoundariesComment

Lauren Sisler on Learning from Tragedy

Lauren Sisler on Learning from Tragedy

Lauren Sisler is an Emmy Award winning sports broadcaster, a former collegiate gymnast, an ESPN sideline reporter, an author, and a keynote speaker. While those accolades are super impressive and certainly her resume is impressive, this conversation gets into some of the challenges Lauren has faced personally.

View All, Sports and Entertainment, InspirationBrian LevensonJuly 31, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Lauren Sisler, ESPN, Sideline reporter, Author, Keynote Speaker, Collegiate Gymnast, Sports BroadcasterComment

Ruben Gonzalez on Olympic Mindset

Ruben Gonzalez on Olympic Mindset

Ruben Gonzalez is 61 years old and he is still attempting to make it to the next Olympics in the sport of luge. He’s competed in 4 different Olympics in the 3 different decades. He’s currently attempting to become the oldest Olympian to ever compete. He has experienced a lot in the sport of luge, but he’s also run with the bulls in Spain, he’s climbed Mount Kilimanjaro (the highest mountain in Africa), he was a torch bearer at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games, he has written books, he’s a keynote speaker, he is really a unique soul who is passionate.

View All, Sports and Entertainment, InspirationBrian LevensonJuly 24, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Olympics, Luge, Ruben GonzalezComment

Lindsay Czarniak on Sports Journalism

Lindsay Czarniak on Sports Journalism

Lindsay Czarniak is an Emmy Award winning broadcaster who spent several years as the sports anchor and reporter for NBC Washington. After NBC, she decided to move to Connecticut, where she worked at ESPN from 2011-2017. She anchored SportsCenter, Sports Nation, and NASCAR Now. She’s also worked for the NFL on FOX and as a NASCAR reporter. Currently, she’s a freelancer, so she bounces around from different sporting events.

View All, Sports and EntertainmentBrian LevensonJuly 17, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Lindsay Czarniak, ESPN, NBC Washington, Sports Anchor, Sports ReporterComment

Dr. James Doty on Manifesting to Serve Others

Dr. James Doty on Manifesting to Serve Others

Dr. James Doty is a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University. He’s also the Founder and Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, which is an affiliate of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute. He’s served as a CEO for many different bio companies through his career, including Accuray, which ended up IPOing for $1.3 billion in 2007.

View All, Thought LeadersBrian LevensonJuly 10, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, James Doty, Stanford University, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Mind MagicComment

Allison Shapira on Authentic Public Speaking

Allison Shapira on Authentic Public Speaking

Allison Shapira, MPA, CSP, is a former opera singer turned entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and international expert in leadership communication. She is the Founder/CEO of Global Public Speaking LLC, a certified woman-owned small business that teaches speaking skills to leaders so that they can build better client relationships, inspire their teams, and confidently lead their organizations into the future.

View All, Leaders in BusinessBrian LevensonJune 26, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Allison Shapira, Global Public Speaking, Opera Singer, Speak with Impact: How to Command the Room and Influence OthersComment

Bill Kraus on a Mission to Serve

Bill Kraus on a Mission to Serve

Bill Kraus is the co-founder and owner of Mission Barbeque, which opened its doors for business on September 11th, 2011. Before starting Mission Barbeque, Bill had spent a lot of his career working in the sports industry. He worked for the NFL, he worked for the brand Champion, and he also was one of the first employees for Under Armour.

View All, Leaders in BusinessBrian LevensonJune 19, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Bill Kraus, Mission Barbeque, OwnerComment

Dr. Charles Camarda on Research, Organizational Culture, and Going to Space

Dr. Charles Camarda on Research, Organizational Culture, and Going to Space

Dr. Charles Camarda has over 45 years of experience at NASA as a researcher, he worked at the Langley Research Center, and worked on numerous teams to develop and analyze and test advanced thermal structure systems for hypersonic vehicles such as the space shuttle. He holds 9 patents over 20 national and international awards for his research. He was also an astronaut and was part of the first mission to leave earth and go into space after the Columbia disaster.

View All, Thought LeadersBrian LevensonJune 12, 2024Intentional Performers, Podcast, Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson, Dr. Charles Camarda, Astronaut, Research Engineer, NASAComment