Human Capital Leadership

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with Linda Lattimore about corporate social responsibility programs to make a sustainable social impact. See the video here: https://youtu.be/RtTSZ_J105A. Linda Lattimore (www.lindalattimore.com) is a seasoned lawyer, corporate executive and business strategist. Linda has worked as the lead counsel for various multinational corporations and as the Chief of the Fraud Section of the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas where she first chaired many noteworthy trials. Her international, corporate and litigation background have given her the tools to provide astute guidance and counsel in today’s changing and highly regulated climate. An American who lived for many years in Peru and Mexico, Linda is fluent in Spanish, conversant in French and has traveled extensively throughout the world with her work. Linda is a well-regarded speaker who believes that social responsibility is critical to competitive edge. She often consults on this new norm of business encouraging clients to create thriving social responsibility programs which have a direct impact on their bottom line. She is the Founder of Cross Sector Institute (www.xsectorinstitute.com) which includes Cross Sector Law (an educational platform (CLE) by and for socially responsible attorneys), Cross Sector Gives (a community give-back program) and Cross Sector Advantage (which offers small companies a toolkit to set up their own programs allowing them to compete in a world where social responsibility requisites have become the norm). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with Shona Elliott about employee trust, relationships, engagement, and authentic leadership during pandemic response. See the video here: https://youtu.be/BhLC3WHLdDA. Shona Elliott (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shona-elliott-965581b1/) is an experienced senior leader who is passionate about helping other senior leaders connect and engage with their greatest assets – their employees – for the purposes of increasing employee retention, employee engagement, and achieving an organization’s strategic goals. As a previous CEO, with fifteen years of senior leadership experience, including pandemic planning, occupational health & safety and operations, Shona understands the many challenges and competing priorities of busy executives. Having been in their shoes, designing and successfully implementing her organizations’ strategic plans, she recognized and harnessed the power of employee engagement to achieve her organizations’ goals. Throughout her fifteen years as a senior leader – both in healthcare and for-profit organizations in Canada and the United States – Shona has a proven track record helping organizations emerging from crisis achieve cultural renewal with a people-centered focus. Through connection with leaders and front line employees, Shona has led an organization through the process to achieve two Top 100 Employer designations. Shona has extensive expertise in strategic planning, transformational leadership, organizational development, and quality management.  Shona previously worked and lived in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science, honors degree in biochemistry. Shona also holds an MBA from NYIT, an advanced program certificate in human resources management from the University of Toronto and obtained her certification as an ISO 9000 auditor. She now lives with her family in Edmond, Oklahoma. Shona is an avid golfer, having golfed six out of the seven continents. In addition, she is a novice biohacker, a cautious skier, a world traveler, as well as a food and cooking enthusiast.   Contact Information Website:  www.shonaelliott.org Email:  shona@shonaelliott.org Mobile: 4058883893 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shonaelliott1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shona-elliott-965581b1/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShonaElliott4 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shona.elliott.566 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with Grant Botma about motivating employees with affirmation, freedom, and a unified purpose. See the video here: https://youtu.be/qRLQcJDe-Lc. See the full transcript here: https://tinyurl.com/y4sqvsvs. Grant Botma (https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantbotma/) is the author of the Amazon best-selling book The Problem Isn't Their Paycheck. In this book, Grant teaches business owners, leaders, and managers how to attract top talent and build a thriving company culture. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with Kurt Nelson about behavioral sciences and how interdisciplinary frameworks and expertise can be used to motivate workers and successfully lead organizations. See the video here: https://youtu.be/j7FTlZ9BXBY. Dr. Kurt Nelson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtwnelson/) is a sought-after consultant, speaker and recognized leader in human motivation and behavior change. For over 20 years, Kurt has worked with global companies to apply behavioral science principles to drive change in their organizations. He is founder and president of The Lantern Group, a behavioral change and communication agency.  He also is the co-founder, with Tim Houlihan, of the Behavioral Grooves podcast, where they interview leading academic and business executives from around the world and explore how they apply behavioral science to their work and lives. All his work focuses on understanding ways to positively influence how people behave. Kurt has his MBA from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D.in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Capella University. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with Kevin Kan about leveraging diversity and inclusion in leading organizations. See the video here: https://youtu.be/5XJaBzuL9ZQ. Kevin Kan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinkansg/) is a multi-award-winning Professional Coach and leader, specializing in Executive & Leadership Coaching and is an elected member of the 2020 – 2021 International Coach Federation (ICF) Singapore Chapter Executive Committee. With a successful career spanning over 30 years in corporate and multinational organizations, Kevin has developed skills in general management, strategic and business development, product development, branding, marketing, distribution, channel management, customer servicing, payment solutions, customer experience and talent development & management. An award-winning leader, Kevin has held management consulting and senior executive management positions in organizations such as AIMIA, American Express, Hewlett-Packard (HP), IBM, PwC Consulting, KPMG Consulting and Solution 6. As the Singapore General Manager for HP Enterprise Services, Kevin led a business unit with over 1,200 employees. Leading and inspiring so many employees sparked his interest in talent and leadership development as a path to ensuring successful business execution and meaningful personal & career development.  A central tenet of Kevin’s coaching philosophy is that effective communication is an integral part of being a successful leader. He demonstrates this in an upcoming documentary movie, IMPACT, showing that when people start to focus on effective communication and emotional intelligence, everyone benefits. Kevin has a Bachelor's degree in economics (majoring in Accounting & Information Systems) from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Chicago, USA. He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of CPA Australia and is a Mentor Coach & Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credentialed with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Kevin is also a graduate of the Ultimate Coach Professional and the Executive Coach International Professional Coach programs. He is a Certified Executive Coach and Certified TEAM Coach with Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with Pandit Dasa about his time as a monk in New York and how he became a corporate leadership consultant focused on mindfulness in the workplace. See the video here: https://youtu.be/Fte0INhF3Tg Pandit Dasa is a Mindful Leadership Expert (https://www.linkedin.com/in/panditdasa/), author and motivational keynote speaker. His inspirational speeches aim to create a more mindful workplace culture which increases productivity and improves retention. He encourages leadership and co-workers to appreciate and celebrate the success and contributions of others. Pandit captures the audience's attention by sharing his journey on how and why he spent 15 years living as a monk in New York City, the incredible life and leadership lessons he learned from that experience and why he's no longer a monk. His story is chronicled in his book, Urban Monk. Some of the companies he has spoken at are: Google, Citibank, IBM, State Farm, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Kellogg’s, Nationwide Insurance. See https://www.panditdasa.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89UFFCMlCTc.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with Patricia Carl about EQ, emotional intelligence, and leading with compassion and intentionality. See the video here: https://youtu.be/vtgJbOSbsVk. Patricia Carl (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciacarl/) is president of Highland Performance Solutions, LLC (https://www.linkedin.com/company/highlandperformancesolutions/). She is an executive coach and consultant, and former Chief Human Resources Officer for both public and private equity backed companies. She partners with leaders, teams and organizations to drive business outcomes, and has worked with clients across industries, from companies such as Microsoft, Target Corporation, Deloitte, Citadel to Silicon Valley start-ups. She has guest lectured at academic institutions including the University of Pennsylvania, and her insights have been regularly featured in Forbes, Real Leaders and other publications. She holds leadership roles with not-for-profit boards and organizations and is an angel investor in multiple technology companies.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with David Shar about burnout, meaningful work, and creating a positive organizational culture in a time of crisis.  See the video here: https://youtu.be/X67wi3TPZ10. The founder of Illuminate PMC, David Shar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidshar/) is a keynote speaker, consultant, and trainer specializing in helping organizations improve their leadership and culture, combat burnout, and design meaningful work. David combines decades of leadership experience with the latest psychological research to help his clients attract, retain, and motivate top talent. As a scientist / practitioner translator, David makes leadership theory & business psychology accessible, implementable, and fun. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with Susan Ibitz about the importance of understanding human behavior in leading others, including understanding personal biases. See the video here: https://youtu.be/Geb-m35pWKU. Susan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-ibitz/) has 28 years of experience applying behavior to sales, communication, negotiation, and everyday life. She delivers training and consults on Human Behavior, Micro-Expression, Body Language, Deception-Detection, Statement Analysis, Face Reading (Physiognomy), & Personality types, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with Kim Ades (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimades/), of Frame of Mind Coaching™ and JournalEngine™ Software, about leading and coaching for emotional resilience in times of adversity. See the video of the discussion here: https://youtu.be/jMP2DXiVXV8 Kim Ades (pronounced add-iss) is the President and Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching™ (https://www.frameofmindcoaching.com/) and JournalEngine™ Software (https://journalengine.com/). Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mom of five, Kim has 15+ years of experience coaching many of North America’s most successful leaders. Recognized as an expert in the area of thought mastery and mental toughness, Kim uses her unique philosophy and quirky coaching style to help her clients deal with core issues and shift their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.