Coaching for Leaders Creators & Guests

Dave Stachowiak is the founder and host of Coaching for Leaders. He is a senior Vice President of Southern Los Angeles, and he has led training programs for top organizations like the Northrop Grumman Corporation and The United States Air Force.

Lisa Cummings is the Founder of Lead Through Strengths, brings 20 years of experience (and experiments) into this practice. She lives to help people find and leverage their strengths at work.Lisa has experience building strengths-based cultures both as a corporate executive and also from the academic side. She has an MBA and is a Certified Strengths Performance Coach with Gallup, Inc., the biggest catalysts for and analysts of the strengths revolution. She’s the host of the Lead Through Strengths Podcast.

Therese Husto is a cognitive scientist at Seattle University.

Dr. Tiziana Casciaro is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Her research concerns the social-psychological mechanisms responsible for the formation and evolution of social networks within and between organizations.Casciaro co-authored the book, "Power, for All: How it Really Works and Why It's Everyone's Business," which was published in 2021.Casciaro received her Ph.D. in Organizational Science and Sociology from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Scott Anthony Barlow is a human resources leader, business development expert and career coach, he helps people in develop their careers and businesses, he is also the founder and host of Happen to Your Career Podcast.

Guy Kawasaki is a marketing specialist, author, and Silicon Valley venture capitalist.

Dr. Sunita Sah is a professor of management and organizations at Cornell University's SC Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Marshall Goldsmith is a Leadership Coach and the Author of Several Management-Related Books.

Todd Rogers is a behavioral scientist and Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Guy Raz is a radio broadcaster and the host and editorial director of three NPR programs including two of its most popular ones: TED Radio Hour and How I Built This. Raz joined NPR in 1997 as an intern for All Things Considered and has worked virtually every job in the newsroom from temporary production assistant to breaking news anchor.In 2000, at the age of 25, Raz was made NPR's Berlin bureau chief where he covered Eastern Europe and the Balkans.Guy is also an avid cyclist who commutes to work on his bike year-round. From early April to late September, you can find him at Nationals Park watching baseball.

Liz Wiseman is a researcher, executive advisor, and founder and CEO of the Wiseman Group.

Ethan Kross is an experimental psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, and Professor of Psychology & Management at the University of Michigan.

Melody Wilding is an author, and therapist.

Jordan Harbinger, once referred to as “The Larry King of podcasting,” is a Wall Street lawyer turned talk show host, social dynamics expert, and entrepreneur. The Jordan Harbinger Show is where he deconstructs the playbooks of the most successful people on earth and shares their strategies, perspectives, and insights with the rest of us.

Paul is an American author, businessman, and internationally recognized expert on lean manufacturing principles.

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and non-fiction author. He was a reporter for The New York Times and is the author of two books on habits and productivity, titled The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business and Smarter Faster Better.

Charles Feltman is an author and the founder and president of Insight Coaching.

Stephen M. R. Covey is an American writer and public speaker and the author of the books: The SPEED of Trust, Smart Trust, and Trust & Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash the Greatness in Others. He is the co-founder and CEO of a company called CoveyLink Worldwide and former President and CEO of Covey Leadership Center.He received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Amy Edmondson is an author and Novartis Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School.