DECODING AQ - Adaptability For The Future Of Work With Ross Thornley

CEO, Accountability Inc. | Executive Coach | Forbes Columnist

Rhett Power is a globally recognized executive coach, author, and entrepreneur. He’s the CEO of Accountability Inc. and a Forbes columnist, where he helps startup founders and business leaders sharpen their strategic focus and drive high performance. Rhett is also a member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches and the host of Best Seller TV on Apple TV.

Rhett’s i...

With me today is Sandra Loughlin, Chief Learning Scientist at EPAM Systems, an organizational psychologist and a self-proclaimed 'skills nerd.' Sandra has dedicated her career to transforming the way businesses approach learning, employee enablement, and technology-driven transformation. 
She’s at the forefront of helping organizations cultivate business agility and engineering excellence through AI-enabled, skills-ba...

What does Russell do? Well the opening line on his website says it all "he Supports Leaders Who are Wading Through Treacle to Rediscover their Mojo and make great decisions"

With over 2 decades years of experience in learning, leadership, and organizational development, Russell has dedicated the past 18 years to resilience and navigating the complexities of a VUCA world. 

He’s an engaging leadership coach, speaker...

Joining us today is Kevin Eikenberry, the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. Kevin is a globally recognized expert on leadership, remote and hybrid work, and team development. A best-selling author, a few of his many notable books include, (around 10 so far) 'The long-distance leader', 'The long-distance team-mate' 'from BUD to BOSS', and Flexible leadership'. He is a renowned ...

Henrik Jarleskog is Head Future Work at Sodexo, as he puts it "A Journey of Leadership and Innovation".

This is a big role for the 19th largest employer worldwide, Sodexo, a leader in sustainable food and facilities management, with over 423,000 employees world wide, and they serve 80 million consumers every single day.

Henrik, was hired to transform Sodexo, to make it grow faster, to improve its margins...

Tim is the Owner of Bowie & Associates, and a remarkable professional business coach.

As one of AQai's certified level 2 professional adaptability partners Tim is an expert in empowering leaders to embrace change with optimism and strategy. With over three decades of experience - from sales roles at tech beasts like, Lenovo, IBM and Dell, his career transitioned into sales strategy, leadership development, and bus...

For my first guest of 2025, I'm delighted to welcome Lisa Hammond, Chief Human Resources Officer at Veradigm. Lisa is a visionary leader with over two decades of experience in HR and organizational strategy. With key roles at Blockbusters, Samsung and many hospitality giants.

She has a rich history of driving transformative change in dynamic environments, from leading M&A initiatives to fostering leadership develo...

Joining us today is Dr. Rob Lion, a dynamic leader and expert in human behavior with over 20 years of experience in organizational development, leadership, and performance improvement. Known for his people-first approach, Rob specializes in building sustainable, human-centric systems that drive growth and impact. As the founder of Black River Performance Management, he's passionate about helping leaders and teams unlock their ...

Leading and working in a virtual world requires new skills and mindsets.

I'd like to welcome Wayne Turmel, the authority in remote leadership. With over 25 years  helping organizations thrive in virtual environments. He is the co-founder of The Remote Leadership Institute and author of 12, or in fact I think now 16 influential books, including the acclaimed 'The Long-Distance Leader - revised rules for remarkabl...

Charles is a Leadership Coach and Trainer on his own specific frameworks.

I'd like you all to join me in welcoming Charles M. Jones, a pioneering emotion scientist with over 40 years of groundbreaking research on flow, empathy, negativity, trauma and stress.

His journey began with a life-changing experience that set him on a path to understanding how we can transform fear and trauma into powerful tools for l...

Andrew Tallents, has built an impressive career, starting with his early roles at prestigious firms like Spencer Stuart and Warren Partners, where he honed his expertise in executive search and leadership development. His journey has led him to founding The Tallents Partnership, where he now empowers leaders globally to excel and achieve transformative results. 

As a trusted advisor, conscious leadership coach, and best-se...

Francis is a Master Trainer, WSJ Best Selling author and is driven to help executive coaches take their business & clients’ businesses to the next level.

He is the Founder & CEO of SQUIRCLE ACADEMY where he helps executive coaches and leaders rapidly elevate their businesses by leveraging the innovative SQUIRCLE framework. Francis also founded 'The Human Company' over 26 years ago.

With such a t...

A warm welcome to our listeners, today I'm proud to welcome Dr. Johanna Dahm, CEO of Dahm International Consulting. Johanna is a leading expert in decision-making and leadership, with over two decades of experience researching, advising, and publishing on effective decision-making strategies. She is renowned for helping leaders navigate complexity and uncertainty.

Johanna was recommended for the show by our mutual fr...

Today, I'm thrilled to welcome Ronen Olshansky, one of life's great humans. With a rich and diverse career that spans Wall Street, management consulting, executive coaching and entrepreneurship. As the founder of Cross Campus a Los Angeles based provider of on-demand workspace and business event space. And a partner at Ferrazzi Greenlight since 2020. Ronen has been helping growth companies and their leaders elevate their ...

Nichol Bradford stands at the forefront of human potential and AI, accelerating human transformation through technology investments, research, and global thought leadership.

As the Executive-in-Residence for AI + HI at The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), she shapes global thinking on Human-AI collaboration, driving human readiness for an AI-empowered world.

Nichol is also the Co-Founder and Partner ...

With over 20 years in the US Marshal Service, and 6 years in the military police, Chris is a self described student of leadership. He has been known to lead DISC and Adaptive Leadership training and special shout out to the fact he has also gone through our level 1 AQai certification program.

Ross and Chris talk about growing up in the military, film, temperance, self awareness, taking care of employees, passion, Chris Vos...

Today, we have the pleasure of hosting Emily James, the Head of Talent Procurement at British Petroleum (BP.) Emily is an accomplished HR leader, with an impressive track record in leadership and category management across the spectrum of HR. With Over 10 years at BP, time at Citi and also JP Morgan.

I met Emily at the World Commerce and Contracting Conference in Malaga earlier this year, where I led a keynote on adaptabil...

'Succeeding by never giving up.'

Charles was a Manhattan Banker, not happy with his life, after nearly 10 years he made the choice to get out. Setting up several nightclubs and lounges, his own vodka brand, and now turned destination distillery experience owner.

Creator of Star Vodka, a long journey of research which took him to Moscow to learn how they do it - and a desire to 'do it better'. ...

 Lee is Founder and Chief Change Agent at Unleashing Leaders.

I've been looking forward to hosting Lee on the show, ever since we met 6 months ago at XPrize visioneering. We connected instantly and I'm excited to learn more about his journey, the genesis of Unleashing Leaders and share his wisdom with you all.

Lee Scott is a prolific practitioner and educator of leadership. And has significantly impacted...