Lead with Empathy

In this episode Colin Lovering shares his experience and insights related to leadership development and the optimal approaches of the most effective leaders in today’s complex and ever-evolving business environment. In particular Colin focuses on the power of leadership empathy.

Colin Lovering is a British national who has lived in Romania for 14 years, building a successful international career in manufacturing, operations, sales, and business performance consultancy. After working in the UK, France, and the USA, he founded a business consultancy in Romania in 2011, supporting organizations like HP, KPMG, Oracle, and BMW. Colin is also an author of multiple books on business psychology and adaptability, a qualified emotional intelligence practitioner, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bucharest, and President of the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce.

AI and Leading a Global Organization of Creatives

The CEO of Infopro Learning shares his experiences and insights gained from leading a global organization of creatives and innovators. Sriraj Mallick discusses the impact of AI on leadership, the challenges of leading a global/remote/hybrid work team, and the importance of transparency in driving a high-growth business culture.

Sriraj also shares his own journey of evolving as a leader, learning to draw excellence, engagement and commitment out of others rather than simply driving these through his own personal energy and tenacity. And finally he shares the benefits of productive paranoia, regularly questioning every aspect of one’s business, inspired by Andy Grove’s “Only the Paranoid Survive.”

Faith-Based Business Leadership

Larry Julian, bestselling author of “God is My CEO,” joins us to discuss the challenges many leaders face when trying to integrate their faith and business. When the demands of business seem to be at odds with the guidance of one’s faith, how does a business leader make decisions? Larry has been coaching leaders for more than 20 years and shares insights from a lifetime of experience helping these leaders navigate the sometimes conflicting demands of business and faith.

Introduction: Dan Rust Previews the Podcast

This is a brief introduction to the “Leadership, Disrupted” podcast which explores the art and science of high-impact leadership in a disrupted world where the future  – of business, of capitalism, of our society, and yes, of leadership – is changing and evolving and where none of us can be certain what the future holds, but we are sure that it will be fundamentally different. All of this will be discussed from the perspective of real leaders in the real world who are changing the way business works.