In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames sits down with the world’s number one executive coach, Marshall Goldsmith. They discuss Marshall’s recent book The Earned Life, the concept of feedforward, and so much more. Get to know Marshall and his philosophy on life. 

About Marshall:

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized as one of the Top Ten Business Thinkers in the World and the top-rated executive coach at the Thinkers50 ceremony in London since 2011. Published in 2015, his book Triggers is a Wall Street Journal and New York Times #1 Bestseller! He’s also the author of New York Times best seller and #1 Wall Street Journal Business Book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Co-author How Women Rise 250k this year.  With a PhD from UCLA, Marshall is a pioneer of 360-degree feedback as a leadership development tool. His early efforts in providing feedback and then following-up with executives to measure changes in behavior were precursors to what eventually evolved as the field of executive coaching. With nearly 40 years of hands-on experience, Marshall Goldsmith is the leading expert on leadership and coaching for behavioral change. His singular ability to get results for top leaders has drawn over 200 CEOs and their management teams to address change in the workplace.

Shoutouts

• The Earned Life by Marshall Goldsmith
• Albert Burlow
• Lionel Messi
• Michael Phelps
• Safi Bahcall
• Curtis Martin
• Francis Hassel
• Sarah MacArthur
• Alan Malawi
• Peter Drucker
• Paul Hersey
• Warren Venice
• Mark Thompson
• Dr. Paul Hersey
• Mojdeh Pourmahram

Companies Mentioned

• Pfizer
• Forefront

Connect with Zachary Ames & the XYZ Team:

• https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
• Instagram: @xyz_lead
• LinkedIn: XYZ Leadership Page
• Tik-Tok: @xyz_lead
• Youtube: Expand Your Zone

Connect with Marshall Goldsmith

• Instagram: @coachgoldsmith 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshallgoldsmith/

In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames sits down with the wonderful Charlene Wheeless. They talk about leadership, advocating for yourself, going and making opportunities, and Charlene’s life lessons.

About Charlene:

Charlene is a successful business executive, leadership coach/advisor, keynote speaker, and author. With more than three decades of experience in leadership, corporate affairs, communications, and operations, Wheeless leads her namesake firm, Charlene Wheeless LLC, where executives and teams turn to inspire and motivate others for breakthrough performance and to transform or strengthen their workplace culture. She partners with executives to fine-tune leadership capability, communications, executive presence, and influence. Additionally, she is a unique resource to help C-suite leaders, teams, and companies turn DE&I intention into DE&I impact. Wheeless also serves as the senior advisor for equity and justice for APCO Worldwide, a leading global communications and advocacy firm.

Topics:

• Leadership
• Advocating for Yourself

Shoutouts

• You Are Enough! by Charlene Wheeless
• 7 Seconds of Courage-Choice, not Chance | Charlene Wheeless

Companies Mentioned

• Charlene Wheeless LLC
• APCO Worldwide
• TEDx

Connect with Zachary Ames & the XYZ Team:

• https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
• Instagram: @xyz_lead
• LinkedIn: XYZ Leadership Page
• Tik-Tok: @xyz_lead
• Youtube: Expand Your Zone

Connect with Charlene Wheeless:

• https://charlenewheeless.com
• Instagram: @charwheeless
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlenewheeless/

In this Episode of Expand your Zone, Zachary Ames sat down with the co-owner of Mark Fisher Fitness and Business for Unicorns, Mark Fisher. We discuss how to make a good culture in the workplace as we talk about the values incorporated into his business Mark Fisher Fitness, Serious Fitness for ridiculous humans. Then we talk about what it’s like to be a leader. Mark shares lessons learned from building the gym and you don’t want to miss this!

Topics: Culture; Leadership; Entrepreneurship;

Key Takeaways:

• Culture - how to build this in a workplace
• What it’s like to be a leader
• Lessons learned from building the gym

Resources:

• Links
  • Markfisherhumanbeing.com
  • Businessforunicorns.com
  • markfisherfitness.com
  • xyzleadership.xyz
• Sponsors
• Shoutouts
• Social Media (our own)
  • Instagram: @xyzlead
  • LinkedIn: XYZ Leadership Page
  • Tik Tok:
  • Youtube:
• Social Media for Guest
  • Instagram: @markfisherhumanbeing @mffclubhouse @businessforunicorns
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-fisher-57b42440/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/mark-fisher-fitness/
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/markfisherhumanbeing
• Companies Mentioned
  • Mark Fisher Fitness
  • Business For Unicorns