ML330: Dr. Amrita Subramanian (Author & Leader)

by | Mar 26, 2025 | Author, CEO, Leadership | 0 comments

Dr. Amrita Subramanian is a former Fortune 500 VP who has devoted 22+ years of her career to helping organizations thrive amid crises. 

Currently, she teaches at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on post-traumatic growth through the pandemic.

As the world faced COVID, the first collective trauma/crisis disruption in modern-day history, Amrita launched a first-of-its-kind study to explore how pain leads to growth and analyze our ability to heal ourselves during an unparalleled crisis.

Her work is dedicated to providing education and practical solutions for individuals and communities worldwide. Her lessons draw from the evidence-based practices of everyday people who have shown heartfelt humility and wisdom in the face of crisis and devastation.

The research study has amassed global participation, showing that the pandemic strengthened us and renewed our sense of identity, purpose, and community.

Amrita knows well that there is growth from trauma based on what she’s endured in her own life. 

At the age of five, she was abandoned in a convent. The trauma and abuse she endured throughout that time resulted in selective mutism (among other things) until she was 11 years old. 

Amrita is now using her voice to help guide humanity and speak out about the many facets of pain and what good could come from them.

More Info: GrowBeyondPain.com

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ML327: Laurie McGinley (Founder of ViaLucent.com)

by | Feb 10, 2025 | CEO, Leadership | 0 comments

Laurie McGinley is just MAGIC. She leads world changers through the fears that prevent you from waking up and walking around in your dreams. 

She has been obsessed with how humans make transformations for the last 34 years and has been up and down this path many times; she’d start the journey at night, holding a baby, in a rainstorm, with an armful of kittens. 

She has helped corporate executives get better results, startup founders raise $51M and counting in funding, and politicians get clarity on their mission so that it is implemented faster. 

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ML324: Dr. Sylvia Rohde Liebenau (Founder of SMART Power Method)

by | Jan 10, 2025 | Author, CEO, Coach | 0 comments

Dr. Sylvia Rohde Liebenau is an EMCC-accredited senior executive coach with 30 years of experience, known for helping C-Suite leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers excel in today’s fast-paced and complex world. She founded the SMART Power Method, a revolutionary approach that empowers leaders to achieve greater impact with ease.

Sylvia’s clientele includes global heavyweights like UNHCR, the European Central Bank, Allianz Global Investors, the Red Cross, and Amazon. 

She’s also set to release her new book, “Who’s in Charge,” a practical guide for leaders looking to build resilience, harness their power, and blend success with fulfillment.

Sylvia’s coaching is uniquely enriched by her background as an artist, dancer, and singer, giving her a deep, embodied understanding of key leadership qualities like presence, authenticity, connection, and communication.

More about Sylvia:

● Holds a PhD in international relations.

● Worked with the European Commission in the ‘90s, driving impactful change through her leadership skills, and preventing a Russian hack on the IT systems. 

● Joined the European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2003, introducing innovative HR and leadership development practices. 

● In 2021, began working as an executive coach and leadership expert.

More: SMART Power Method

Book: Who’s In Charge

 

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ML323: Richard Atherton (Co-Founder of FirstHuman)

by | Jan 7, 2025 | CEO, Coach, Leadership | 0 comments

Richard Atherton is the Co-Founder of FirstHuman (firsthuman.com), where he’s on a mission to help CEOs, leaders, and top executives hit leadership breakthroughs with a human-first approach that prioritizes happiness, empowerment, and communication. 

FirstHuman has worked with standout clients like Adidas, Volkswagen, Heineken, PwC, UNICEF, and the Olympics. 

Richard’s leadership journey is rooted in his own story of overcoming personal addictions and healing trauma. For nearly 10 years now, he’s been a transformative figure in leadership coaching, helping people make big shifts in their careers — whether they’re leveling up within their organization or breaking out on their own to start something new. 

One of his standout achievements is an award-winning business transformation at the BBC, wherein he led a 6-person team that built a new global operation for 70+ journalists in just 3 months. He also notably helped leaders at CEVA close a $400M profitability gap. 

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ML322: Melanie Bell (Founder of LeadersWhoFiction & Strategic Piece)

by | Dec 19, 2024 | CEO, Leadership | 0 comments

Melanie Bell is the Founder of Leaders Who Fiction, an online book club and community that offers a unique way for people to acquire and develop leadership qualities through reading and discussing novels.

On this fast-growing platform, leaders meet on the last Wednesday of each month for intellectual, business-oriented conversations centered around a selected novel.

Melanie is also the Co-Founder of Strategic Piece, where she works with C-suite executives at growth-stage companies to deliver exceptional revenue growth by bringing together their marketing, sales, and service teams around an information-driven customer experience built on the HubSpot platform.

She has been an entrepreneur for almost a decade and witnessed a great deal of what works and doesn’t work in leadership and how reading fiction equips leaders with the skills they need to achieve their professional goals.

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ML320: Steve Cadigan (Author & Leadership Expert)

by | Oct 6, 2024 | Author, CEO, Leadership | 0 comments

Steve Cadigan is a top talent strategist and leadership expert with 30+ years of experience. He famously led LinkedIn’s early hyper-growth phase as its first CHRO, building its world-class company culture from scratch, and scaling the organization from 400 to 4,000 employees.    

As one of the most provocative global thought leaders on the future of work, Steve is hired not only by top companies but by entire countries to help them navigate the talent landscape. His clientele spans all the way from Google, X, Slack, BBC, and Intel, to the City of Lisbon, which hired him to develop the startup incubator Unicorn Factory.    

His award-winning book: WORKQUAKE is considered a game changer for leaders and organizations on the future of work in a post-COVID world. He has also written for Forbes and Inc., will soon be writing for Business Insider, and frequently appears on Bloomberg and CNBC to talk about the evolving nature of work, talent management, the Big Resignation, and successful leadership.  

A sought-after keynote speaker, Steve has delivered commencement addresses at Stanford and University of San Francisco. He is regularly asked for advice by legacy institutions like Harvard, as well as top VCs and management firms including Accenture, Deloitte, and McKinsey.   

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Book: WORKQUAKE

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