Anyone with a new paradigm is initially seen as a heretic. They challenge our routine. Cort Dial, author of Heretics to Heroes: A Memoir on Modern Leadership, joins Kevin to discuss that new ideas are uncomfortable and often lead to progress. There are heretics in every organization and if you find yourself in that role you cannot bulldoze your way through. You need to nurture relationships, have conversations, and build enrollment

Engineers and space aficionados, as well as leaders, this episode is for you. Paul Hill spent 25 years in NASA’s Mission Control, learning and living the values he now evangelizes. He is the author of Leadership from the Mission Control Room to the Boardroom and joins Kevin to discuss rocket science, learning from the past, and management. He offers an insider’s perspective on the leadership values and culture that have been critical for NASA’s “impossible” wins.

In this episode of The Remarkable Leadership Podcast, we get the chance to boost our trivia knowledge with a history lesson. Dr. Howard Markel, the author of The Kelloggs The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek, joins Kevin to discuss the story of the Kellogg brothers; their relationship and the building of an empire. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg was the big brother and one of America’s most beloved physicians. In his time, he was a best-selling author, lecturer, health-magazine publisher; and founder of the famed Battle Creek Sanitarium. His youngest brother, Will, who worked with him became the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which revolutionized the mass production of food and what we eat for breakfast. Their dynamic and strained relationship help us identify different leadership strengths (and weaknesses) and dependence on each other for success.

As Nate Regier mentions, Google conflict and it will autofill with mediation and resolution. This puts conflict in a negative light and what would happen if we looked at it as the creation of something new? Nate, a clinical Psychologist, expert in social-emotional intelligence and leadership, and author joins Kevin to discuss how accountability, compassion and apologies play a role in conflict.

Talking points: compassionate accountability, the compassion cycle, the role of a leader in team conflict, and how to apologize.