Season 5 of The Indispensable Conversation podcast begins on Monday, May 6 at Noon ET. Join me and my special guest, Alain Hunkins as we explore the question: Should unschooled leaders be put into position to lead others? If you're unfamiliar with Alain, he is Forbes Contributor and the author of Cracking the Leadership Code. A keynote speaker extraordinaire, he aims to kindle the fire of brilliance within each audience member.

If you've ever been frustrated by having a leader who lacked formal leadership training, you won't want to miss this one!

Monte Pedersen joins Jim Kerr on the 50th episode of The Indispensable Conversation podcast. If you're unfamiliar with Monte, he heads up The CDA Group LLC an independent leadership training firm specializing in strategy execution. The focus of his thought leadership centers around how to get results. It's this focus that makes him the perfect guest to tackle this question with me: "Do you have to stay hungry to be outstanding?"

World famous keynote speaker and business coach Rishad Ahmed joins me for next episode of The Indispensable Conversation. Rishad works to ignite transformation through holistic thinking and wisdom-driven leadership. He wants to help you to empower your organization for an inspired future. This all makes him the "right guest, at the right time" to delve into this question with me: Do you need to develop a keen intuition to be an exceptional leader?

Today my guest is the world famous thrill seeker and creative motivator Tyler Schmoker. Tyler is a retired army veteran, mountain climber, cross country skier, and all around good guy. His posts on LinkedIn are distinctive because they typically feature him in some sort of “day in the life” motif. Indeed, death defying cycling vids are inter-meshed with views from the State Fair or his vegetable garden and all come with a message that inspires. In our opinion, this makes Tyler the ideal guest to tackle this question with me: "Is it possible to navigate between staying true to oneself and adapting to societal expectations?"

Join me as I welcome Eric Stone, newly minted author and consultant, to The Indispensable Conversation Podcast as we explore the question:
"Does Company Culture Matter When Work is Fully Remote?"

We sure get after it on topics including motivation, community and commitment.

This episode of The Indispensable Conversation features award winning CEO, combat veteran, and author Joseph Polanin.

Listen in as we tackle the question:

Is it on leaders to make their people happy?

Listen in! You just might be surprised where we go on this one!

Tim Hughes’ LinkedIn profile states he “Should have played Quidditch for England.” But, that’s not the reason he’s joining me as a guest on the next episode of The Indispensable Conversation.

Rather, the fact that he wrote a terrific book last year entitled: Social Selling: Techniques to Influence Buyers and Change-makers makes him the “right” guest to wrestle through the following question with me on this episode of The Indispensable Conversation:

Does social selling still have a place in an AI-based world?

Listen in as we get after this one!

Will AI change the face of leadership coaching?
This is the question that I tackle with my guest Dr Gary Crotaz, in the this episode of The Indispensable Conversation.
As some may know, I covered this topic in a piece that I wrote for Psychology Today a few weeks back and it sparked great interest. So, I thought, why not cover it in the podcast.
Gary’s recent involvement in the creation of a self-coaching app makes him the perfect guest to tackle this topic with me. Listen in...