A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

Auteur(s): John Rouda: technical leader author speaker educator
  • Résumé

  • The ultimate podcast for aspiring leaders in the creative or technology fields. John Rouda discusses leadership topics, interviews some of the greatest minds today and teaches you practical leadership tips, techniques, tricks and hacks to improve motivation, negotiation, and other much needed skills for leaders today.
    2024 - ageekleader.com
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Épisodes
  • AGL 400: Becoming Fearless with Dr. Benjamin Ritter
    Jan 17 2025
    About Benjamin Dr. Benjamin Ritter has made it his mission to guide and empower others to become confident leaders of their lives and careers and overcome fear. Driven by the belief that every person deserves to “live for themselves,” Ben founded Live For Yourself Consulting and has grown it into a global brand where he gets to do what he loves most: help highly-driven professionals figure out what’s holding them back, enabling them to become fearless and take accountability and feel empowered to create a life that they love. Ongoing enthusiasm and positive response to his weekly podcast, “Fearless Fridays,” inspired him to write this book. He hopes to help an even larger audience to become fearless and live more for themselves. With over twenty years of executive-level professional experience in Leadership and Talent Development, Ben has worked with and coached over 500 clients one-on-one and over 10k leaders through workshops at some of the most well-known global organizations including, Amazon, Adidas, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Coursera, Doordash, Google, Fiserv, MayoClinic, PayPal, Pinterest, and Yelp. Ben’s passions include working with Better for You CPG organizations, small business entrepreneurs, and minority owned companies, for which he offers pro bono coaching services. Ben possesses a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership with focus on value congruence and job satisfaction, an MBA in entrepreneurial management, and an MPH in health policy administration. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Ben now resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Tiffany, Squirt a “rebel in a shell” turtle, Elwood, a scruffy rescue pup, and Sima, the kitty queen of their kingdom. Today We Talked About Becoming Fearless Fear Loss Crafting your future What do I care about and Why? What is draining you? Boundaries and Saying "No" What if you can change everything... what would you do Skills based learning Unfollow people you compare yourself too Inner Critic vs. Inner Champion Experiment Connect with Benjamin LinkedIn Website Podcasts Book Leave me a tip $ Click here to Donate to the show I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
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    38 min
  • AGL 399: Dr. Angelique Adams
    Jan 10 2025
    About Angelique Angelique is an engineer and former corporate executive with 25 years of experience in the metals and mining sector. After managing multimillion-dollar innovation portfolios and leading teams of scientists and engineers worldwide, she discovered that her true passion lies in developing people rather than products. In 2021, Angelique authored an Amazon best-selling career guide for women in STEM, which served as a springboard to transition into academia and entrepreneurship. Today, Angelique runs her own leadership training and coaching company, is the Founding Director of the Leadership in Engineering and Entrepreneurship Program and serves as an Associate Professor of Practice at the Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Angelique holds a Ph.D. in Energy and Mineral Engineering from Penn State and an MBA from MIT. She resides in Knoxville, TN, with her husband and two teenagers. Today We Talked About Background STEM Leadership Showing up as a Leader Why PhD.'s need coaching Entrepreneurship Experts need coaching too Design experiments to test behaviors Testing and Feedback mindset - weekly reviews Listening Communication and professional empathy Communicate technical items with the rest of the business Presentations for Leaders Find the information your audience cares about Prep for Q and A Connect with Angelique Website LinkedIn Book Leave me a tip $ Click here to Donate to the show I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
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    36 min
  • AGL 398: Productive Failure Manu Kapur
    Jan 2 2025
    About Manu MANU KAPUR developed the theory of Productive Failure and applies it in classrooms and workplaces around the world to transform learning and growth. He is a Professor of Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and has spent the past two decades understanding the science of how people learn. His research has attracted substantial funding and media interest around the world, making him a sought-after keynote speaker, including two TEDx Talks. Manu has held prestigious visiting professorships and advisory roles globally, and his contributions extend across not only high-profile journals and conferences, but also impact educational policies and practices internationally. Today We Talked About Manu's background Failure Future Learning Initiative Science of Human Learning on multiple Levels Apply the understandings and design for deep learning Safely fail Why wait for failure Failure Zone... or Learning Zone? How to learn from Failing When Learning: Activation Awareness of what you know and don't know (the gap) Affect Assemble What is "Deep Learning?" Why things didn't work? Contrast them with things that do work Use Failure as a learning mechanism Use Failure as a "Signal" Use Failure as a feature of culture Connect with Manu Book LinkedIn Website Leave me a tip $ Click here to Donate to the show I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
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    28 min

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