Susan Ireland spent 30 years in business operations leadership roles at The Boeing Company. She was on the original leadership team that built and established a new digital aviation business for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

After Boeing, Susan played a strategic role in a start-up company that developed, manufactured, and installed hydrogen systems on diesel engines.

Now, as co-founder of Seasons Leadership, a professional coaching and services business, she and her business partner, Debbie Collard, leverage and share the lessons they learned from both complex global organizations and small technology start-ups. Their objective is to make leadership excellence the worldwide standard.

Susan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Washington and a Master of Science in Management from Antioch University. She is an alumna of the International Executive Programme at Insead University in France and the Executive Leadership Program at Seattle University.

Today Susan speaks with Dr. Karen about how to use business operations systems to manage your business, career progression for women in male-dominated fields, and how to use your values to take charge of your career.

Reach Susan Ireland at www.seasonsleadership.com

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Jane Gunn, also known as “The Barefoot Mediator,” is a trained mediator and expert facilitator in conflict resolution. She is listed as a Global Leader in Who’s Who Mediation and is featured in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame.

Jane is President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and is a former Director and board member of the Civil Mediation Council of England and Wales (CMC).

The author of 3 popular books “How To Beat Bedlam In The Boardroom And Boredom In The Bedroom,” “The Authority Guide To Conflict Resolution,” and “The Mole and The Mountain,” she has spoken at the United Nations, The White House, and the European Commission.

Jane helps people from all backgrounds to become ReSolutionaries who are able to deal with difference and diversity in ways that are non-adversarial and solution-focused.

Today she speaks with Dr. Karen about how to best manage change, challenge, and crises, Transformative Mediation, personal agency and choice, informed consent, linear and lateral thinking, and dilemmas that impact the practice of medicine, corporate executive leadership, and individuals.

Contact Jane at janegunn.co.uk

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Fred Sievert, retired President of New York Life, is the author of three books including, “Fast Starting a Career of Consequence: Practical Christ-Centered Advice for Entering or Re-entering the Workforce.”

On today’s show with Dr. Karen, Fred talks about how he lived his Christian values while serving as President of a Fortune 100 secular company of 65,000 people in 12 countries.

He also shares his corporate leadership journey, daily success strategies, business risk-taking, tough moments and decisions, and career and spiritual practices for winning in life and at work.

Also join Fred and Dr. Karen for the upcoming part II episode when they talk about the power and fulfillment of life after retirement.

Reach Fred Sievert at storiesofGodsgrace.com

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Dr. Clarence Shuler, President and CEO of Building Lasting Relationships, marriage counselor, speaker, life and relationship coach, diversity consultant, and author of more than 10 books joins Dr. Karen to talk about his new book, “Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships: How You Can Help Heal Racial Divides, One Relationship at a Time.”

Dr. Shuler shares some of the lessons he has learned from his 54-year relationship with New York Times best-selling co-author, Dr. Gary Chapman, author of “The Five Love Languages.” 

Get copies of his book “Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships” from his site or on Amazon.

Reach Dr. Clarence Shuler at clarenceshuler.com

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Patricia Raybon, author of the three part Annalee Spain Mystery series, writes daring and exciting “history mysteries.”

Her third novel in the series, “Truth Be Told” was recently listed as a New York Times Book Review pick, her second in the series, “Double the Lies” won the Christianity Today Book Award for Fiction, and her first book in the series,” All That is Secret” won a Christy Award for First Novel and was selected by NBA All Star Steph Curry as a Literati Book Club Selection. 

A writer of faith by day and mystery by night, Patricia Raybon also authors devotional writing for the publication, “Our Daily Bread.” In addition, she appeared on The Today show for a non-fiction work, “My First White Friend.”

As an early career newspaper journalist Patricia won multiple awards for feature writing during her years at The Denver Post and later at the Scripps Howard Rocky Mountain News. Mid-career she taught print journalism for 15 years to bright graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

She is also published in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, USA Weekend, Guideposts, In Touch Magazine, Christianity Today, the Washington Post, and National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition.

Today Patricia speaks with Dr. Karen about career calling, God’s timing and ability to manifest the impossible, and how to deal with naysayers. A lifelong Colorado resident, Patricia lives near Denver.

Contact Patricia at www.PatriciaRaybon.com

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Terence Chatmon is the President and CEO of Victorious Family, a family discipleship ministry that equips and empowers Family Champions, on five continents, to develop mature and thriving followers of Christ.

Author of the five star best-selling book, “Do Your Children Believe?,” Terence offers a proven step by step process to create a personalized family discipleship plan that works for families, including those with grown children.

His prior executive positions include significant roles at Coca Cola, Johnson and Johnson, Citibank, The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation, and Equip Leadership.

Today he speaks with Dr. Karen about what parents can do to cultivate, in their children, the kind of life-giving love relationship with God that leads to lasting faith. 

Go to VictoriousFamily.org to access discipleship resources and Terence Chatmon’s book, “Do Your Children Believe?”  

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Bible League President and CEO Jos Snoep leads the ministry by cultivating, “one relationship at a time.”

Today on “The Voice of Leadership,” Jos speaks with Dr. Karen about how Bible League, a non-profit Christian ministry, engages people in the word of God and equips the local Church.

Bible League creates global unity in diversity through partnerships with local communities. Jos also describes the importance of a culture of prayer, the meaning of the word “league,” and how God uses these and other concepts to grow local leader missions at the grassroots level.

Executive leaders can apply the same principles of prayer, listening, relationship, and partnership for success in leading their corporate businesses.

Learn more about Bible League at www.bibleleague.org

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Recognized by Nonprofit Times Magazine as one of the most influential philanthropic leaders in America, Michael Chatman is the CEO of The Community Foundation: The Global Center for Generosity located in Cape Coral, Florida.

He also previously worked as a Global Corporate Marketplace Ministry leader. In this interview, Dr. Karen speaks with Michael Chatman about his visionary leadership, commitment to generosity, and how he got the names, “The Christian Beer Man,” “Black Hippie,” and “The Love Leader.”

Listen to learn and apply his success secrets for caring about people and bringing resources together for life impact.

Reach Michael Chatman at CapeCoralcf.org; 239-542-5594 

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Dean Niewolny, Chairman of the Board and Ambassador of Halftime Institute, spent 23 years in executive roles with three of Wall Street’s largest financial firms.

Inspired to go beyond success to serving others, he and his wife began trips to South Africa and now provide orphan and hospice care in Durbin.

The author of “Trade Up: How to Go From Just Making Money to Making a Difference,”

Dean speaks with Dr. Karen about what he has learned on the journey and how the Halftime Institute creates life transformation for the marketplace executives they serve. 

Reach Halftime at halftimeInstitute.org and Dean at Dean.niewolny@halftime.org 

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If you have ever wanted to use your gifts, talents, and abilities to lead change in your community, then today’s show is especially for you.

Pastor Ben Anderson, Senior Pastor of Solid Rock Christian Center and his wife, Pastor Wanda Anderson, Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Risk Management for the Navigators, share with Dr. Karen about how God led them to use different legal structures, government entities, and corporate partnerships to build their community and create capacity for future generational abundance.

Solidrockcdc.com; srcdc@solidrockcdc.com; benanderson@solidrockcdc.com

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