This is a continuation of last week's conversation with Dr. Julie Smith.

Achieving extremely high levels of career success, Dr. Julie Smith could have driven off into the sunset, but two family health crises caused by preventable medical errors motivated her to start Performance Ally. Listen in as Dr. Smith shares her leadership and business knowledge as a Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis, successful entrepreneur and CEO multiple times-over, and consultant to other leaders.

Achieving extremely high levels of career success, Dr. Julie Smith could have driven off into the sunset, but two family health crises caused by preventable medical errors motivated her to start Performance Ally. Listen in as Dr. Smith shares her leadership and business knowledge as a Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis, successful entrepreneur and CEO multiple times-over, and consultant to other leaders.

This is a continuation of last weeks episode with David Goldberg, Mon Health System’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

David Goldberg is Mon Health System’s President and Chief Executive Officer. He has successfully led his organization through the Covid-19 pandemic and now through a merger with Charleston Area Medical Center. Listen in as he shares what it means to lead with transparency, communication, and authenticity.

David Goldberg is Mon Health System’s President and Chief Executive Officer. He has successfully led his organization through the Covid-19 pandemic and now through a merger with Charleston Area Medical Center. Listen in as he shares what it means to lead with transparency, communication, and authenticity. - Part 1

Dr. Tanya Boyd, Learning Architect for Insights, has a passion for helping individuals and teams develop and perform to their highest potential. Listen in as Tanya shares information about Insights Discovery – a program that can help people – including people leaders – understand, communicate, and connect to each other better.

Dr. Lydotta Taylor transitioned from successful high school math and technology teacher to successful Founder, President, and CEO of The EdVenture Group and L-evation LLC.

Dr. Dick Riley is the Louis F. Tanner Distinguished Professor of Public Accounting at West Virginia University and has been nationally recognized for his contributions in forensic accounting and fraud examination.

Serial entrepreneur, Alex Reneman, is the President and CEO of Mountain Leverage. In this episode, Alex discusses the differences between leading and owning a business, why he intentionally chose to locate his business in Grafton, WV and how he’s looking to make a positive impact with his team, in his business, community, and beyond.

Recently named the sixth women’s basketball coach in West Virginia University history, Dawn Plitzuweit brings an impressive resume to the court. But equally impressive is Coach Plitzuweit’s off-the-court leadership style and approach to building a team.

The term coaching is thrown around rather loosely and is used to define and describe many different roles. Most brains go to a sports reference when we think about coaching; however, many of us grew up with coaches who just yelled at us a lot. That’s not the type of coaching Laura Seybold is talking about this week.

Award-winning author and body safety educator, Diane Tarantini discusses how she successfully achieved a goal that’s elusive to so many – writing and publishing a book. In addition to walking through her book journey, Diane takes a deep dive into lessons contained in her book, The Brave Knight.

This is a continuation of last week's episode with Bill Simon.

Bill Simon is the Group Vice President, Sales, North America for McCormick. Bringing over 25 years of executive leadership experience to the table, listen in as Bill discusses the people who shaped his career, lessons learned as he went from a first-time leader to a leader of leaders, and how leaders can best position themselves and their teams for success.

Bill Simon is the Group Vice President, Sales, North America for McCormick. Bringing over 25 years of executive leadership experience to the table, listen in as Bill discusses the people who shaped his career, lessons learned as he went from a first-time leader to a leader of leaders, and how leaders can best position themselves and their teams for success.

This is a continuation of last week's episode with Chuck Olsson. With over 40 years of experience in Human Resources, Chuck Olsson, VP and Chief Human Resources Officer for First United Bank & Trust, can speak from experience as to how to best attract and retain talent.

With over 40 years of experience in Human Resources, Chuck Olsson, VP and Chief Human Resources Officer for First United Bank & Trust, can speak from experience as to how to best attract and retain talent.

Emotional Intelligence is a phrase that gets tossed around a lot but what does it really mean? Emotional Intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.

John Fahey is currently the senior vice president of United Bank where he leads the sales and Marketing Division. He also was elected to run the worldwide West Virginia Alumni Association, and one of the founding members of Centra Bank.

Pastor Junius Lewis is the founder of Junius Lewis Ministries and greater love family outreach ministries, he has been blessed to have more than thirty five fruitful years serving the Lord. His passion is to see people reach their potential and become the best at what God has called them to do.

It’s hard to believe, but we’re officially halfway through the year and I thought it might be helpful if I do a little bit of a mid-year accountability check-in. If you set goals at the beginning of the year, how are you coming along with those? Have you completed them? Abandoned them? Changed them? When was the last time you visited your goal list? Did you set goals this year?

Dr. David Hess has been a lifelong West Virginian, aside from four years he spent in residency at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. He was born in the southern part of West Virginia and spent the majority of his life in Lumberport, WV, being raised by an RN and a long-term loyal employee of United Hospital Center. Dr. Hess has very recently transitioned from his role as President & Chief Executive Officer of WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital to his new role as President & CEO of WVU Medicine United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, WV.