Episodes
Friday Sep 22, 2023
S3:E16 ”Make Tomorrow Better” Timeout with Dale Sedgwick
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Join us on an inspiring journey with Dale Sedgwick as she shares her powerful message: 'Do something today that makes tomorrow better.' As a faith-based leader, Dale focuses on providing hope to those society and the business community may have forgotten about.
In this enlightening podcast, Dale reminds us that the Bible's practical wisdom is rooted in stories that connect us all. She emphasizes the importance of offering resources, training, financial support, and safety nets that empower individuals to reskill and upskill, not just for a job but for a career they're truly passionate about.
Dale encourages us to pause and reflect on our personal journeys, acknowledging our achievements and experiences. While reflection is valuable, she reminds us not to be prisoners of our past but to use it as a textbook to shape our future.
Friday Aug 04, 2023
S3:E15 ”Everyone is a Leader” Timeout with Michael Backus
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Friday Aug 04, 2023
TIMEOUT with Michael Backus, a part-time basketball referee, and President & Chief Executive Officer of Oswego Health, an independent community-based health system. He brings a whole new meaning to leadership in healthcare and a potential blueprint for others to learn from.
"Find the best people to get on the bus with you"
Transparency, vulnerability, and communication are how Mike has spread passion and purpose throughout all levels of the organization. In turn, their patients are saying, "You cared for my loved one as if they were a part of your family."
If you take care of the community, the community will take care of you. Finding ways to engage and challenge his team to find solutions while modeling his workforce off of the community in which they live and work, makes all the difference in the quality of care and positive health outcomes.
Monday Jul 24, 2023
S3:E14 Timeout with Gwen Van Laeken ”Equity of Voice”
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
This week we take a timeout with Gwen Van Laeken, Executive Director of Leadership Rochester, a personal and professional program dedicated to bringing leaders together to solve our community challenges.
When we are able to present the challenge and effectively communicate with one another we can grow our perspective while achieving positive outcomes when we value each voice along the way.
Gwen shares that asking more questions today is better than attempting the have all the answers in leadership.
Friday Jul 14, 2023
S3:E13 Timeout with Kardell Sims ”Any Dream is Obtainable for Anyone”
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Are we providing enough empowerment, encouragement, and enablement to those currently or previously incarcerated to become successful contributing members of our community?
We sit down with Kardell Sims, who shares his journey with us which serves as his motivation to do more for others!
His story, passion, and compassion is a lesson for all of us.
Friday Jun 30, 2023
S3:E12 Timeout with Ryan Carrier ”Can AI and Humanity Co-exist?”
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Do you believe that humans and AI can co-exist? Tyler and Kevyn sit down to separate fact from fiction as it relates to AI with Ryan Carrier, Executive Director of ForHumanity.
His non-profit is focused on ensuring the safety and equity of AI, machine learning, and analytics to protect all our human interests. AI has been talked about feverishly since the release of ChatGPT but Ryan shares that this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
We hope you are ready for this TIMEOUT with Ann Banks, President of DebtBlue in Richardson, Texas.
Join in as we talk about meeting Michael Jordan, Walter Payton, and Ann's brother out at Wrigley Stadium as we jam out to So Lonely by the Police. Ann Banks shares how being an English teacher, and principal while enjoying life has helped her to become the leader she is today.
Listening is not something many are doing right now, Ann admits that we must own our own ignorance in order to hear and value what others have to share in order to change perspective. It can be as simple as just following through with what you say you are going to do, just follow through.
Friday Mar 31, 2023
S3: E10 ”Cannonballs and Namaste” Timeout with Melissa James-Geska
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Make leadership fun again!
Timeout with Leaders takes a TIMEOUT with Michelle Ashby, the inspiring founder, and CEO of Tipping Point Communications. As we learned that we would be sitting with Gandhi, MLK JR, and Michelle's mother at her own funeral, we got a sense of who Michelle was.
Leadership is all about having fun, Michelle says and in her own journey, she has reprioritized her definition of success and failure, a message we all can learn from today.
Life is moving fast and feels like it is speeding up every day. Hit the pause button, get off the hampster wheel, and figure out who you are FIRST, to get back to having fun again in leadership.
We all need to take our foot off the gas from time to time in order to reflect, learn and grow.
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
We grab our saddles and head out to the old Western Front with Jeff Sinsebox, President of Empowering People's Independence. A few other cowboys have decided to join the trek including FDR, Bob Dylan, and Robin Williams, as Jeff perfects his Clint Eastwood voice.
Jeff is a t-shirt and jeans kind of guy, but he had mentioned his own personal evolution of knowing who he was but realized he was not 100% comfortable being himself in leadership. This "wall" was blocking him from truly connecting with his people which has now become a bit of a superpower for him.
Jeff shared his passion for the work EPI does for the community as he sees work as the great "equalizer" in our community to bring people together.
“Economic Self-reliance is the empowerment of marginalized communities, giving them the power of choice, more choices than they previously had the privilege of making”
Monday Mar 13, 2023
S3:E8 ”Delegation is about empowerment” Timeout with Melissa James-Geska
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
4th quarter, down by 2, 3.5 seconds to go… TIMEOUT!!!!! With the President of US Ceiling Corp, Melissa James-Geska
What’s our game plan team? That’s an easy one coach, give the ball to Melissa James-Geska and get out of her way!!!
We had the opportunity to sit down with Melissa and find out what gets her out of bed in the morning and most importantly, what she’s learned from her experiences in life.
She was very open with us about her struggles and how she overcame them and can only imagine how many women’s lives she's helped by simply telling her story. "Truth always and trust in always" is a powerful statement on how she is able to build real connections for real feedback and insights from her team, to continuously improve.
And if yall haven’t heard about Melissa’s birthday parties for herself... you might want to tune in because you’re missing out. We are hoping for an invite to her next birthday!
What a way to wrap up Women in Construction week with Melissa James-Geska, thank you for your time and we MUST do this again next season!!!! You’ll be on the top of our list!!!!
Friday Mar 03, 2023
S3:E7 ”Culture is Not Transactional” Timeout with Roseann Schmid
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
We blew the whistle and from the opening question we knew that Roseann Schmid was different. She was unapologetically herself, not afraid to share her personal side and how that factored into everything she does as a leader.
"Be kind to everyone because you don't know what they are going through"
Roseann Schmid, works as CEO of Fisher Associates, here in Rochester however what is most impressive is that she doesn't use her position for power but to empower her team. The winner of the 2022 Woman of Excellence could have not gone to a better role model and leader in our local community, that realizes life is much bigger than work.
Let us be vulnerable and build meaningful relationships with others because we all could use a listening, understanding ear right now.