“Success leaves clues, and speaking with today's most successful leaders reveals a lot of them.”
- Jan Rutherford
Jan and his co-host elicit exceptional insights by interviewing great leaders and reviewing the books they write and cite.
Through candid, straightforward conversations each week with prominent thought leaders, Jan and his co-host are able to stay current with today’s most relevant, inspiring, and innovative people while sharing those insights so listeners can start to see the patterns necessary for effective change.
As co-host of The Leadership Podcast, Jan Rutherford has interviewed an impressive array of noted leaders:
Simon Sinek
Author of Start With Why and The Infinite Game
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Dan Pink
Author of Drive and To Sell is Human
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General (Ret.) Stan McChrystal
Author of Team of Teams
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Tom Rath
Author of StrengthsFinder 2.0, Life’s Great Question, It’s Not About You, and How Full Is Your Bucket?
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Dr. Robert Cialdini
Author of Influence, The Psychology of Persuasion
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Harris III
Author of the book, The Wonder Switch
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Sebastian Junger
Author of Tribe, Freedom and The Perfect Storm
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Jennifer Brown
Author of How to be an Inclusive Leader
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Safi Bahcall
Author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
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Admiral (Ret.) Mike Mullen
17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Deanna Mulligan
Board Chair of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, and author of Hire Purpose; How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap
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Ashley Goodall
Author of Nine Lies About Work
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Horst Schulze
Founding member of The Ritz Carlton Hotel and created the service standards that have become world famous.
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Carloline “Blaze” Jensen
First Mom to fly for the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
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Ori Brafman
Author of Radical Inclusion and The Starfish and the Spider
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Esther Wojcicki
Author of How to Raise Successful People and mother of the CEO’s of YouTube & 23andMe
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Deepa Purushothaman
Author of The First, The Few, The Only: How Women of Color Redefine Power in Corporate America
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Ron Carucci
Best-selling author of eight books including, To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice and Purpose
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Kim Cameron
Author, Professor, and thought leader on the science of positivity
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Hubert Joly
Author and one of the 100 “Best-Performing CEOs in the World” by Harvard Business Review
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Donald Robertson
Author of six books, including, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
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Kwame Christian
Author, Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life
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Michael Bungay Stanier
Author, The Coaching Habit, and Founder, Box of Crayons
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Jessica Chen
Emmy Award winner, keynote speaker, former journalist, and CEO
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Col. Terry Virts (ret.)
Space Shuttle Pilot, International Space Station Commander with 3 spacewalks
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Margaret Heffernan
Author of 6 books, and TED talks viewed by more than 12 million people.
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General (Ret) Martin Dempsey
18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff & One of TIME's 100 Most Influential Leaders
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Greg McKeown
Author, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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Chris McChesney
Author of The 4 Disciplines of Execution, and Global Practice Leader of Execution for FranklinCovey
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Michèle Flournoy
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the seventh-ranking official in the Department of Defense
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Jeffrey Pfeffer
Author of Leadership BS and Dying for a Paycheck
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Vincent Stanley
Co-Author of The Responsible Company and Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller
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Admiral (Ret.) Mike Rogers
Former Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of Cyber Command
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Frances Frei
Harvard Business School Professor, and author, Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You
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Howard Tullman
Serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector.
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Preston Pysh
Co-host of The Investors Podcast, and Author of Diary of a West Point Cadet
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Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Author of Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
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Leon Logothetis
TV Host, and Author of Go Be Kind
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William Deresiewicz
Author of Excellent Sheep
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Steve Justice
Former Program Director for Advanced Systems at Lockheed-Martin “Skunk Works.”
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Gino Wickman
Author and creator of the EOS system.
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Don Yaeger
Eleven-time New York Times best-selling author, and longtime Associate Editor for Sports Illustrated
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Michael J. Dowling
President and CEO of Northwell Health, and author of After the Roof Caved In: An Immigrant’s Journey from Ireland to America
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Ram Charan
World-renowned business consultant - latest book, Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age
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Carole Robin
Author and instructor of Stanford Business School’s legendary Interpersonal Dynamics (“Touchy Feely”) Course
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Joe Kenner
President and CEO for Greyston Bakery - famous for Open Hiring® — no resumes, no background checks, no interviews needed
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Richie Norton
Author of “Anti-Time Management,” and a Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coach.