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NeuroConversant Leadership
The people who seem hardest to connect with at first can become your greatest allies in creating solutions and solving problems. Small shifts in how you listen and speak can have dramatic results. Whether you're an executive, project leader or salesperson, the ability to communicate well with everyone is what sets you apart. This podcast explores those challenges and offers fresh insights along with actionable steps to transform how you lead people. Jeremy is a speaker, leadership coach and…
Episodes
- NeuroConversant Leadership
How to Lead Under Pressure and Make Better Decisions: with Scott Sadler
How do you stay grounded when the pressure is on and your next response could affect your team, your reputation, or your career? In this episode of…
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How to Communicate Clearly and Confidently at Work: with Jay Alexander Poulton
It's not just what you say. It's how you say it. In this episode of NeuroConversant Leadership, Jeremy Doran talks with Jay Alexander Poulton, The Accent…
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How Self-Awareness Makes You a Better Leader: with Nader Vasseghi
Your intentions may be good, but is your team experiencing the leadership you think you’re showing?Discover how self-awareness, curiosity, and better…
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How to Avoid Scope Creep by Building Trust
Most scope creep advice focuses on contracts and change orders. Jake Lewon says the real defense starts earlier than that, in the relationship you build before…
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How CEOs Resolve Conflict with Their Leadership Team
Conflict between a CEO and someone on their leadership team is uniquely hard to resolve, because there's almost no one to talk to about it. Not HR, not the…
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Hire for Cognitive Diversity, not "Culture Fit"
"Stop hiring for culture fit" is popular advice right now. The logic: if everyone on the team thinks alike, nobody catches the bad ideas before they cause real…
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Job Search and Integration while NeuroDivergent
Jeanna Malines built a 25-year career in executive recruitment before a late AuADHD diagnosis sent her in a new direction. She now runs Trajecta, working with…
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The Four Cs of Leadership: Why Culture Outlasts Command
Command, currency, credibility, culture. Those are the four ways a leader gets things done, and command is the one people reach for first even though it costs…
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Scope Creep and Remote Team Communication with Sarah DeSimone
Scope creep and remote communication are two of the biggest challenges facing distributed teams, and this episode's guest deals with both daily. Sarah DeSimone…
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How Improv Builds Leadership Skills: Introverts and Extraverts
Improv is more than a hobby, it's one of the best leadership training tools out there. In this solo episode, I break down how personality traits, specifically…
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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Leadership: with Marc Pitman
Overcoming imposter syndrome is one of the biggest hidden challenges in leadership. In this episode, executive coach and speaker Mark Pittman joins Jeremy…
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The Best Code Won't Work If the Priorities Are Unclear
On October 1st, 2013, healthcare.gov launched and crashed within hours. It wasn't a coding problem. It was a coordination problem. A dozen different people all…
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Launch Week, Imposter Syndrome, Learning to Say Thank You
The book is out. And I'm both relieved and completely in my head about it. In this solo episode, I get honest about launch week. The marketing company sent…
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62% of Managers Struggle with Gen Z: Here's the Real Problem
Sixty two percent of managers say they struggle to work with Gen Z. Forty five percent of Gen Z say they don't know how to make themselves visible to their…
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Do you want to be Right....or do you want to Win?
Jonathan Lautermilch runs a book publishing company with his wife (the editor), a launch director, and a sound engineer, and none of them think the same way he…
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Season 2: Why I took a break and what's changing
Welcome back to Season Two of NeuroConversant Leadership. I took a month off. Here's why, and here's what's different now. I hit a wall. I was writing my book…
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Why Your Best Candidate Just Failed The Interview: #147
Over 80% of autistic adults with college degrees are unemployed. That's not a pipeline problem — it's a workplace design problem. In this fireside chat…
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Your Most Important Decisions Aren't as Rational as You Think: with Julina Ogilvie
What if the key to financial success isn't picking the right stocks — it's understanding how your clients think? Julina Ogilvie joins Jeremy Doran to share her…
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Why I change DEI to D$I
Most people have strong opinions about DEI. Jeremy has a different take: drop the E for equity and replace it with a dollar sign. In this solo episode, Jeremy…
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From Stuck to Success: Unlocking Neurodiversity at Work with Lisa Richer
What if the way your brain works isn't a problem to fix — but a strength to unlock? In this episode, Jeremy is joined by Lisa Richer, founder of Journey to…
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What Great Leaders Do in Their First 90 Days
Show Notes: What if the first 90 days in a new leadership role matter more than the next 90 months? That's the core belief driving today's guests — and the…
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If You Can Talk to a Friend, You Can Talk on a Stage: The Principles Are the Same
Most people are terrified of public speaking — but the core skills are ones you already use every day. In this solo episode, drawn directly from his upcoming…
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What ADHD Actuall Is - And How It Shows Up at Work
ADHD is the most commonly cited form of neurodivergence — but it's widely misunderstood. In this episode, Jeremy Doran explains what ADHD actually is: not a…
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The World Wasn't Built for You. Now What?
Being neurodivergent isn't the problem. The world being built for neurotypical people is — but that doesn't mean you're off the hook for figuring out how to…
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Why Your Brain is Sabotaging Your Success (And How to Stop It) : Kae Wagner
What if the biggest obstacle to your success isn't your circumstances — but the saboteurs living rent-free in your head? Kae Wagner is a bestselling author and…
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Stop Trying to Motivate Your Employees! Do This Instead.
You can't motivate people, but you can create the conditions where motivation thrives. In this episode, Jeremy Doran shares a simple but powerful story about…
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Why Girls with ADHD, Autism and Dyslexia go Undiagnosed
Girls with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia are diagnosed three to five times less often than boys — and it's not because they're less affected. It's because they're…
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The Engineer Who Designed His Own Leadership Path - with Dominic Bowlin
What does it look like when a technical professional doesn't just fall into leadership — but intentionally designs their path there? In this episode of…
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Why Poor Communication is Costing Your Business (And How to Fix It) I Joe Fields
What's the real cost of bad communication in your workplace? Joe Fields—author of The Bucket List Coach and small business performance coach with 30 years in…
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Mastery vs Ego: Why Great Leaders Know When to Quit | Sebastien Page, T. Rowe Price CIO
Sebastien Page, Chief Investment Officer at T. Rowe Price, shares unconventional leadership wisdom from 25 years managing high-performing teams. Discover why…
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Scaling with Fractional Teams: E-commerce CEO on Hiring, Training & Automation
Joseph Anderson, CEO of Connex E-commerce, shares his 16-year journey from software sales to building an automation company that helps e-commerce businesses…
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Skip the Meeting: Alternatives Do Exist! #132
90% of people describe their meetings as unproductive, and yet they spent one third to one half of their time in them! In this episode, we talk to Chris…
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How does AI affect Leadership & Communication? #131
How much do you use AI? Is it something that you want to find ways to use in every task you do, or is it something that you avoid out of fear or because it…
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Bridging the Gap between Engineering and Product Management: 130 with James Charlesworth
When two different departments need to work together, communication can get tricky. In this episode of Neuroconversion Leadership, Jeremy Doran speaks with…
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Storytelling is a Skill that can be Learned: 129 with Max Kringen
Is it nature or nurture? Some people are born with traits that lend themselves to good storytelling, but that doesn't make them good storytellers. It turns out…
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How leaders give gifts: 128
Accomplishing a task or goal feels great! It's like opening a gift. Helping others achieves their goals feels even better. It's like giving someone the perfect…
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How to ask questions to empower your team, Episode 127
Are you a manager who is stuck spending to much time "doing the thing" and not enough time teaching others to do the thing? If you want a free 30 minute zoom…
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Collaboration in AI Datacenter Development: #126 with
Teamwork within companies can be a challenge. Imagine teamwork with multiple technology companies, contractors and government agencies. John Peterson gives us…
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Mastering emotions to be a more effective leader #125 with Nir Megnazi
Being a leader means being able to identify and master your emotions, so that when you can be effective, even when you are triggered. Jeremy Doran interviews…
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Small talk, Stories and Active listening for Thanksgiving get togethers #124
Thanksgiving can be trying or it can be awesome! You get to choose...well, you at least get to push it in a certain direction. This episode has my 3 tips for…
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How to turn conflict into collaboration: Episode 123 with Jon Loos
Have you ever gotten on a phone call with someone who was ready to have an argument? How did you handle that? In this episode, Jon talks about communicating…
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122: Leadership is about making a few important decisions, with Mario Di Dio
Moving to another country isn't easy. Neither are moving from individual contributor to a management role, or moving from management into an executive role…
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121: How to use AI as a learning tool for Delegation
This episode has been a struggle! I am in Cancun Mexico and the internet where I am is terrible. I probably should have just used an interview that I have…
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120: Future-Proofing leadership in a changing world; with Nogol Madani
In this day of AI, how can people be sure their job will exist in 3 years. Studies show that people who don't feel secure are far less productive than those…
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119: How strategic rest makes you a better leader: with Erin Wilson
Rest is not a reward, it should be used as a tool to be a more productive, more creative and more energetic leader. In this interview with Erin Wilson, she…
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118: Empowering Remote Workers; with Kumar Emmarilli
The Covid pandemic was a challenge for all startups, and it made some of them stronger. In this interview, Kumar Emmarilli talks about what changes and…
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117: The power of Self Advocacy with Mila Bassett
Just because something works for one person, doesn't mean it will work for another. As a coach, Mila Bassett helps people to come up with their own strategies…
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116: Employees who feel seen and heard isn't just a "nice to have"
Many managers are introverted and need to spend time talking with others or are logical people who need to address emotional issues. Just because those things…
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115: Getting and accepting feedback is the key to growth
I have been thinking about self awareness and our ability to really accept feedback. This is a short episode on this topic. I am in my new studio which isn't…
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114: Intent vs Impact - with Eileen Wixted
Having been a TV news anchor, Eileen has a lot of experience and expertise in how to deliver a message well. Seek first to understand and then you can seek to…
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113: Achieving the greatness within you, with Steven Puri
When watching Michael Jordan at his best...Michael would call it the zone. Steven is focused on helping you achieve the same state. He calls it the flow. If…
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112: How to make big decisions with Dr. Apollo Emeka
We think we are making important decisions all the time. But are they? Or are they inherited decisions ...or default decisions. What is the difference? Dr…
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111: Get Comfortable being Uncomfortable - with Lisa Panarello
If you don't embrace your discomfort...you will never achieve as much as you could! Jeremy Doran and Lisa Panarello discuss the importance of embracing…
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110: Bridging the communication between Engineering and Sales - with Scott Puccinelli
From the Air Force, to Advertising to Technology. Scott's journey has helped him to find ways to communicate with just about anyone. He shares some of his key…
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109: How to build culture with clear mission and values; with Harley Green
Harley has gone from intern, to computer engineer to entrepreneur. He shares some valuable leadership lessons, which he wishes he had learned 10 years earlier…
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108: A leader unlocks greatness in others; with Jacob Niemeier
"Leadership isn't for the few...it's for everyone" In this episode of NeuroConversant Leadership, Jeremy Doran speaks with Jacob Niemeyer, founder of Vera Aqua…
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107: Surround yourself with people unlike yourself; with Michael Collins
Michael Collins is an audio engineer and leads a successful company. He also has ADHD. One of his secrets is to surround himself with people unlike himself…
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106: How engineers can make excellent entrepreneurs: with Andrew Haughian
When engineers have big ideas, they sometimes become entrepreneurs...but the journey is not an easy one. Andrew Haughian has worked with hundreds of engineers…
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105: It takes bravery to be vulnerable; with Prathiba David
Prathiba started her work life as a hardcore engineer in India, has helped multiple start-ups and is now the COO of a FinTech company based in San Francisco…
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104: The power of working with a coach with Julia Duran
The skills that make a great engineer don't naturally translate into being a great leader. Julia shows that with good mentors and coaches, it is very…