🎙️ This week on the Leadership Art Podcast

🌍 Art Robbins welcomes Liana Colombelli, Vice President of Global Sales at the Adecco Group, for a candid conversation on modern leadership that actually works. 💡

❓ Why is empowering people more effective than controlling outcomes?

🧠 How can empathy, coaching, and adaptability elevate leadership impact?

🚀 Drawing from global leadership and coaching experience, Liana breaks down how great leaders build trust, unlock potential, and lead diverse teams through change.

📈 If you’re navigating growth, complexity, or constant change, this episode delivers insights you can put into action right away.

📅 Launched December 16, 2025

📍 Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Amazon Music

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🎙️ This week on the Leadership Art Podcast

🤖 Art Robbins welcomes Emanuel Krantz, Senior Director of Customer Experience & Innovation at Publicis Sapient, for a powerful conversation on what leadership really means in the age of AI. 💡

❓ Why do 95% of AI projects fail?

🛠️ How can service design drive success?

🚀 Manny highlights the realities beyond the hype and shares practical insight on building systems, teams, and strategies that last.

📈 If you’re leading through change, innovation, or uncertainty, this episode offers perspective you won’t want to miss.

📅 Launched December 2, 2025

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✨ A new episode of Leadership Art is now live!

👉 This episode features Stella Zhang: an investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist as she joins host Art Robbins for an inspiring conversation on leadership and purpose.

🌏 Stella shares her journey from immigrating to the U.S. to becoming COO of American Lending Center and co-founding Sunstone Management, helping shape SoCal’s startup and innovation ecosystem.

🚀 She also talks about launching the Long Beach Accelerator and advancing the Stella Zhang New Venture Competition at UC Irvine, both designed to empower the next generation of founders make a lasting impact.

🎧 An uplifting story of purpose-driven leadership and community impact.

📅 Launched November 18, 2025
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✨ A new episode of Leadership Art is now live!

👉 In this episode, host Art Robbins welcomes David Brousell: Founder and Executive Director of the Manufacturing Leadership Council (MLC) for an insightful conversation on the future of manufacturing and the leadership driving digital transformation.

🏭 With over four decades in journalism and high tech, David shares how he’s helping global manufacturers embrace Manufacturing 4.0, the shift toward smarter, data-driven, and collaborative systems that are redefining the industry.

💡 He explores how leadership is the linchpin of digital transformation, and why culture, not technology is the toughest challenge in innovation, and how AI is reshaping the way industries operate and lead.

🎧 Transformation begins with a vision, and leadership turns it into reality.

📅 Launched November 4, 2025

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✨ A new episode of Leadership Art is now live!

👉 In this episode, host Art Robbins welcomes Dr. Ewelina Kurtys - scientist, entrepreneur, and Strategic Advisor at FinalSpark — for a fascinating conversation about the future of biocomputing and the leadership mindset driving breakthrough innovation.

🧠 With a PhD in neuroscience, Dr. Kurtys shares how her work using living neurons as computing processors could dramatically cut the cost and energy use of artificial intelligence.

🌐 Additionally, she reflects on her journey from academia to entrepreneurship, building clarity and trust in complex innovation and leading teams through uncertainty and experimentation.

🔥 She also shares how openness to learning and embracing failure as progress keeps leaders adaptable in fast-changing industries.

🎧 Innovation starts with curiosity - and leadership keeps it alive.

📅 Launched October 21, 2025
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✨ A new episode of Leadership Art is now live!

👉 In this episode, host Art Robbins welcomes Ken Schmitt — a talent management leader with 30+ years in executive search, from Heidrick & Struggles to founding Ascentria Search Partners (formerly TurningPoint and Collabrie) — for a clear, inspiring conversation on building a true talent advantage.

🚀 Ken shares lessons from decades of recruiting and advising leaders: how to define and live your employment brand, balance culture fit + capability, and design hiring that’s human, data-informed, and resilient in an AI-shaped workplace. He also reflects on communication, vulnerability, and why diversity of thought is essential for better decisions and sustainable growth.

📌 In this episode, you’ll hear:

• • How to define your employment brand (start with employee input)

• • Why the best hires blend culture fit and skills fit

  • The case for diversity of thought to improve outcomes

  • Managing by results, not activity

  • Using AI as an enabler—with humans in the loop

  🎧 Talent strategy is leadership strategy - clarity in culture, courage in communication, and humans leveraging the tools.

  
  

  📅 Launched October 7, 2025
  📍 Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Amazon Music
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✨ The first episode of Leadership Art season 2 is now live!

👉 In this episode, host Art Robbins welcomes Major General (Ret.) Laura Yeager - the first woman to command a U.S. Army Infantry Division - for an inspiring conversation on resilience, service, and the true meaning of leadership.

🚀 Laura’s remarkable career spanned over 30 years in the U.S. Army and California Army National Guard, beginning as a medical evacuation helicopter pilot and culminating as Commander of the 40th Infantry Division. Along the way, she led domestic flood and fire relief missions, served in Iraq, and rose through the ranks with distinction.

💬 Today, she continues to share her experience as a mentor, volunteer with the American Red Cross, and leadership educator at Chapman University. Her story is a testament to grit, humility, and purpose-driven service

📌 In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why standards and accountability are essential for strong teams
• How to balance empathy with discipline when leading people
• Why humility and listening are often more powerful than being the loudest voice in the room
• And how to build resilience and unity

🎧 Laura’s story reminds us that leadership is not about titles or making the most noise — it’s about building trust, empowering others, and holding steady to your values while guiding teams through challenges with courage and empathy.

📅 Launched September 23, 2025

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