L3 Leadership Podcast

In this episode of the L3 Leadership podcast, Doug Smith interviews Andy Toole, Coach of the Robert Morris University Basketball team. They talk coaching, team-building, leadership, and more. To connect with Andy, go to L3Leadership.org/episode114 Andy's Bio:Presiding over the golden age of Robert Morris University men’s basketball is Andrew Toole, who is in his seventh season as the head coach of the Colonials in 2016-17. Introduced as the eighth head coach in the program’s 40-year Division I history at a press conference at the Charles L. Sewall Center May 11, 2010, Toole signed a two-year contract extension at RMU April 15, 2015, and will lead the Colonials through the 2019-20 campaign. In six seasons under Toole’s tutelage, the Colonials have posted an overall record of 120-87 (.580), including a mark of 73-33 (.689) against Northeast Conference opponents.Toole has overseen the most successful stretch in school history during his nine-year tenure at Robert Morris. Named an assistant coach under forme

In this episode of the L3 Leadership podcast, Doug Smith shares the 7 benefits of being a young leader. You can get the show notes and learn how to connect with L3 here: L3Leadership.org/episode113.Connect with L3 Leadership: Website: L3Leadership.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3-leadership Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/L3Leader Twitter: @L3leader Instagram: @l3leadership Podcast: The L3 Leadership Podcast in iTunes How You Can Help this Podcast: To listen to past interviews, go to my podcast page. Subscribe to this podcast Rate and leave a review of the podcast Share the content on Social Media Sign-up for my L3 Leadership Newsletter If you have an idea for a future podcast you would like to hear or a leader you would like me to interview, e-mail me at dougsmith@l3leadership.org. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate it on iTunes and write a review. podcast, doug smith, leadership, entrepreneurship, l3 leadership, pittsburgh, business, personal growth, grow

In this episode of the L3 Leadership podcast, you will hear our question and answer session with Kimberly Gonxhe, Director of the Metro-Urban Institute. For ways to connect with Kimberly, her bio, and other content, visit the show notes at L3Leadership.org/episode112.Kimberly's Bio:Kimberly Gonxhe serves as director of the Metro-Urban Institute at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Kimberly earned a bachelor's from Ohio University and a master of divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, where she was the Valentour World Travel Scholar focusing on women’s issues in a global context. She also serves as the founder and executive director of the Live Foundation, a global gender justice organization uplifting communities through systematic transformation. She answered the current call on her life after a thriving 10-year engineering career with a Fortune 100 Company. Kimberly has advocated for the marginalized in more than 32 countries, spanning five continents, touching the lives of thousands. Her w

In this episode of the L3 Leadership podcast, Kimberly Gonxhe, Director of the Metro-Urban Institute, challenges us to examine our privileges and use them to make the world a better place. For ways to connect with Kimberly, her bio, and other content, visit the show notes at L3Leadership.org/episode111.Kimberly's Bio:Kimberly Gonxhe serves as director of the Metro-Urban Institute at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Kimberly earned a bachelor's from Ohio University and a master of divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, where she was the Valentour World Travel Scholar focusing on women’s issues in a global context. She also serves as the founder and executive director of the Live Foundation, a global gender justice organization uplifting communities through systematic transformation. She answered the current call on her life after a thriving 10-year engineering career with a Fortune 100 Company. Kimberly has advocated for the marginalized in more than 32 countries, spanning five continents, to

In this episode of the L3 Leadership podcast, Doug Smith interviews John Rosso, CEO of Sandler Training by Peak Performance. They talk leadership, entrepreneurship, sales, and more! For ways to connect with John, his bio, to watch this interview, his book, and other content, visit the show notes at L3Leadership.org/episode110.John's bio:John Rosso is recognized nationally as a business-development expert, specializing in executive-sales consulting and sales-productivity training as well as the best-selling author of Prospect- The Sandler Way. John is a dynamic, enthusiastic speaker who informs, entertains, and motivates presidents, CEO's, other senior managers and sales professionals. More than 50,000 sales professionals have listened to John speak, and more than 95 percent rate his content and presentation of sought-after selling solutions the best they've ever heard. His authentic, real-world approach to the sales process speaks to visionary business leaders who want the freedom success bring

In this episode of the L3 Leadership podcast, our founder, Doug Smith, shares the lessons he's learned from recording over 100 episodes over the L3 Leadership Podcast. You can get the show notes and learn how to connect with L3 here: L3Leadership.org/episode109Connect with L3 Leadership: Website: L3Leadership.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3-leadership Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/L3Leader Twitter: @L3leader Instagram: @l3leadership Podcast: The L3 Leadership Podcast in iTunes How You Can Help this Podcast: To listen to past interviews, go to my podcast page. Subscribe to this podcast Rate and leave a review of the podcast Share the content on Social Media Sign-up for my L3 Leadership Newsletter If you have an idea for a future podcast you would like to hear or a leader you would like me to interview, e-mail me at dougsmith@l3leadership.org. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate it on iTunes and write a review.podcast, doug smith, leadership, entrepreneurship, l3 leadership, pit

This L3 Leadership episode comes to you from our breakfast series. We had Lee Kricher and Jason Howard, Pastors of Amplify Church, speak on Living out Leadership Transitions. This talk is full of rich content. Lee is in the process of handing off the church to Jason. They talk about what their relationship looks like, mentoring, how they are processing the transition, and practical tips for anyone looking to pass the baton to the next generation.In this episode, you'll hear their Q&A session from the breakfast. In episode #107, you can listen to their talk on Living out Leadership Transitions.Questions Asked: 1.) How do you work through generational differences? 2.) Jason, what gave you the courage to tell Lee you wanted to plant a church? Lee, what enabled you to allow him to do it?3.) How do you deal with fear and inadequacy?4.) When did you know Jason would be your successor? How did you know?5.) What will your relationship look like after the transition?6.) How do you find spiritual mentors?7.) H

This L3 Leadership episode comes to you from our breakfast series. We had Lee Kricher and Jason Howard, Pastors of Amplify Church, speak on Living out Leadership Transitions. This talk is full of rich content. Lee is in the process of handing off the church to Jason. They talk about what their relationship looks like, mentoring, how they are processing the transition, and practical tips for anyone looking to pass the baton to the next generation.In this episode, you'll hear their talk from the breakfast. In episode #108, you'll get to hear the question and answer session with Lee and Jason, which was just as good as their talk.You can find how to connect with Lee and Jason, and more at L3Leadership.org/episode107Connect with L3 Leadership: Website: L3Leadership.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3-leadership Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/L3Leader Twitter: @L3leader Instagram: @l3leadership Podcast: The L3 Leadership Podcast t in iTunes How You Can Help this Podcast: To listen to pa

This episode comes to you from our interview series, in which I interview great leaders and try to extract their best leadership practices. In this episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Greg Weimer, Partner at Confluence Financial Partners. In the interview, Greg shares his best leadership content. I know this episode will add a ton of value to you! Enjoy!Greg's Bio:In a profession that reveres experience, Greg has been guiding his clients in the management of their wealth since 1986. It was then that he joined Butcher & Singer as a Financial Advisor. He later moved to CNL Securities Corporation in 1989 and then to American Funds in 1993, where he was a Senior Vice President. He has also served on the board of directors for American Funds.Greg attended the University of Pittsburgh where he graduated with a degree in business. His time of study included a concentration in computer science and math. Professionally, he holds Series 24, 26, 7, 63 and 65 licenses.Greg lives in Pittsburgh’s South Hi

This episode comes to you from our special event series. We had the privilege of hosting a special event with Sean Ammirati. Sean is an Entrepreneur turned Venture Capitalist and Professor. He's built and sold his own businesses and now he spends his time helping others grow theirs. One of his companies was acquired by LinkedIn. He's also a professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon. I've also interviewed Sean for the Podcast before in episode #96 & #97. I'll include a link to that in the show notes. We broke Sean's talk into two parts, in this, you'll hear our question and answer session with Sean. In episode #104, you can listen to Sean's talk on his book, The Science of Growth.If you would like to purchase a copy of Sean's book, I've included links in the show notes. For ways to connect with Sean and what he's doing, go to the show notes at l3leadership.org/episode105.

This episode comes to you from our special event series. We had the privilege of hosting a special event with Sean Ammirati. Sean is an Entrepreneur turned Venture Capitalist and Professor. He's built and sold his own businesses and now he spends his time helping others grow theirs. One of his companies was acquired by LinkedIn. He's also a professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon. I've interviewed Sean for the Podcast before in episode #96 & #97. I'll include a link to that in the show notes. We broke Sean's talk into two parts, in this, you'll hear his talk from his new book: The Science of Growth: How Facebook Beat Friendster and Nine Other Star-ups left the rest in the dust! In episode #105, we'll put up our Question and Answer Session with Sean! If you would like to purchase a copy of Sean's book, I've included links in the show notes. For ways to connect with Sean and what he's doing, go to the show notes at l3leadership.org/episode104.

In this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith shares lessons he's learned about seasons of transitions in our lives. Whether you feel like you’re about to transition, you are in transition, or you know one day you will, we hope the lessons in the episode encourage you.

This episode comes to you from our interview series, in which I interview great leaders and try to extract their best leadership practices. In this episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Rob Daley, CEO of 4moms.

This L3 Leadership Podcast episode comes to you from our breakfast series. Our speaker was Jeff Leake, Pastor of Allison Park Church and Founder of Reach Northeast. We split our time with Jeff into two episodes of the podcast. In this episode, you will hear Jeff's talk on finding joy in the journey. In episode #101 of the podcast, you can listen to our Q&A session with Jeff.. For show notes, ways to connect with Jeff, and more, go to www.L3Leadership.org/episode100. Connect with L3 Leadership: Website: L3Leadership.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3-leadership Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/L3Leader Twitter: @L3leader Instagram: @l3leadership Podcast: The Learning to Lead Podcast in iTunes

This Learning to Lead episode comes to you from our breakfast series. Our speaker was Jeff Leake, Pastor of Allison Park Church and Founder of Reach Northeast. We split our time with Jeff into two episodes of the podcast. In this episode, you will hear our Q&A session with Jeff. In episode #100 of the podcast, you can listen to our Jeff's talk on finding joy in the journey. For show notes, ways to connect with Jeff, and more, go to www.L3Leadership.org/episode100. Connect with L3 Leadership: Website: L3Leadership.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3-leadership Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/L3Leader Twitter: @L3leader Instagram: @l3leadership Podcast: The Learning to Lead Podcast in iTunes

This episode comes to you from our L3 Leadership breakfast series. Our speaker was Chris Camp, Owner of Fun Fore All. In this episode you'll hear our question and answer session with Chris. In Episode #99 you can listen to Chris's talk on leadership.For show notes, ways to connect with Chris Camp, and more, go to L3Leadership.org/episode99. Connect with L3 Leadership: Website: L3Leadership.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3-leadership Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/L3Leader Twitter: @L3leader Instagram: @l3leadership Podcast: The Learning to Lead Podcast in iTunes

This episode comes to you from our L3 Leadership breakfast series. Our speaker was Chris Camp, Owner of Fun Fore All. In this talk you'll hear Chris share his best leadership tips and practices. In Episode #99, you can listen to our question and answer session with Chris.

This episode comes to you from our interview series, in which I interview great leaders and try to extract their best leadership practices. In this episode, I had the privilege of interview Sean Ammirati. Sean is an Entrepreneur turned Venture Capitalist and Professor. He's built and sold his own businesses and now he spends his time helping others grow theirs. One of his companies was acquired by LinkedIn. He's also a professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon. In this episode, Sean shares his thoughts on entrepreneurship and leadership. For ways to connect with Sean and a link to buy his book, go to L3Leadership.org/episode96. Connect with L3 Leadership: Website: L3Leadership.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3-leadership Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/L3Leader Twitter: @L3leader Instagram: @l3leadership Podcast: The Learning to Lead Podcast in iTunes

This episode comes to you from our interview series, in which I interview great leaders and try to extract their best leadership practices. In this episode, I had the privilege of interview Sean Ammirati. Sean is an Entrepreneur turned Venture Capitalist and Professor. He's built and sold his own businesses and now he spends his time helping others grow theirs. One of his companies was acquired by LinkedIn. He's also a professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon.In this episode, we talk about Sean's new book, The Science of Growth: How Facebook beat Friendster and How Nine Other Start-ups Left the Rest in the Dust! For ways to connect with Sean and a link to buy his book, go to L3Leadership.org/episode96. Connect with L3 Leadership: Website: L3Leadership.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3-leadership Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/L3Leader Twitter: @L3leader Instagram: @l3leadership Podcast: The Learning to Lead Podcast in iTunes

This Learning to Lead episode comes to you from our breakfast series. Our speaker was Kim Fleming, Chairman and CEO of Hefren-Tillotson. We split our time with Kim into two episodes of the podcast. In this episode, you will hear our question and answer session with Kim. In episode #94 of the podcast, you can listen to Kim’s talk. For show notes, ways to connect with Kim, and more, go to L3Leadership.org/episode95. Connect with L3 Leadership: Website: L3Leadership.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3-leadership Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/L3Leader Twitter: @L3leader Instagram: @l3leadership Podcast: The Learning to Lead Podcast in iTunes