Motivated to Lead Podcast - Mark Klingsheim

This week we revisit our interview with Dr. Julia Lee Cunningham. Julia Lee is an Associate Professor ofManagement and Organizationsat the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and aNational Geographic Fellow and Explorer. She currently serves as a faculty co-director forCenter for Positive Organizations. She is also a faculty affiliate at theSanger Leadership Center, andErb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterpriseat the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Ross, she served as a Lab Fellow in Institutional Corruption at theEdmond J. Safra Center for Ethics,and a Research Fellow inWomen and Public Policy Programat Harvard University.She earned her PhD, MPP, and AM degrees at Harvard University, where she was trained in organizational behavior, psychology, and behavioral economics.

Dr. Lee Cunningham studies the psychology of narratives, lay theories, and behavioral ethics. She is passionate about understanding the power of narratives in shaping objective reality, discovering the mechanisms that alter them, and illuminating how narratives can be leveraged to yield more ethical, sustainable, and adaptive behavior in the workplace. Her research has been published in a number of top scientific journals in management and psychology, includingAcademy of Management Journal,Organization Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes,andJournal of Applied Psychology.

Dr. Lee Cunningham strives to promote the use of scientific evidence in diagnosing and addressing critical problems in public policy and business practices, and has many years of experience in consulting and conducting field research with leading companies, non-profits, and governments. She teaches BBA, MBA, and executive education courses onleadership, teams, negotiation, and conflict resolution, and was named one of theTop 50 Undergraduate Business Professors byPoets and Quantsin 2020.

This week we interviewed Jeff Lackey. Jeff is the founder and CEO of JKL Advisors, a consultancy whose purpose is to help grow small, medium, and large corporations that need to unlock their growth strategy with people. Jeff recently served as Vice-President of Talent Acquisition for CVS Health, where he led the award-winning Global Talent Acquisition team for a $300B / 300,000-person enterprise for more than 7 years. He has also led Talent Acquisition for other globally recognized brands, including Rolls-Royce, First Energy, and Corning Incorporated.

Over his 25+ year career, his teams have hired over 1 million people in over 70 countries and across 8 industries – including healthcare, retail, insurance, aerospace, defense, energy, communications, and executive search.

Jeff is continually evaluating new technologies and innovative approaches to Talent Acquisition. He regularly meets with company leaders who are shaping the landscape of Talent Acquisition and includes some of them on his weekly podcast Growing your business with People.

This week, we welcome back Keith Grossman. Keith has been a leader in the medical technology industry for more than 35 years. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Nevro Corporation (NVRO), where he was previously President and CEO from 2019 through April 2023.

Prior to Nevro, he was named President and CEO of Thoratec Corp. (THOR) for the second time in 2014. He led the company’s return to growth, a 2.5x increase in company value, and its $3.4 billion acquisition by St. Jude Medical in 2015. He previously served as the CEO, President, and Director of Conceptus, Inc. (CPTS) from 2011 to 2013, where he took the company from negative sales growth to over 20% growth, tripled EBIDTA, and led the company’s sale to Bayer Healthcare for over $1.1 billion, a 3x increase in the company’s value before his arrival.

Prior to Conceptus, Keith served as managing director of TPG (Texas Pacific Group), a private equity firm, as a member of its healthcare investment team. Prior to TPG, Mr. Grossman served as Thoratec’s President, Chief Executive Officer, and director for the first ten years of its growth as a commercial company.

Prior to Thoratec, he held a number of commercial and general management roles with companies, including SulzerMedica and American Hospital Supply Corp.

He currently also serves as Vice Chairman of Alcon, Inc., and is on the board of Outset Medical, Inc. and previously served as a member of the Board of directors of Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Kyphon, Inc., ViewRay, Inc., Zeltiq, Inc, and a number of privately held medical device companies. Keith received a B.S. in life sciences from The Ohio State University and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.

This week we interviewed Steve C de Baca. Steve is Executive Vice President and Chief Patient Safety & Quality Officer of Royal Philips. He brings more than 30 years of quality and regulatory affairs (QRA) experience in the medical technology industry.

Prior to joining Philips, Steve served as the EVP of QRA for Cardinal Health, supporting the $185 bn enterprise and was a member of the Operating Committee.

Prior to this, Steve served as VP of QRA for Orthopedics and Americas for Zimmer Biomet, where he was responsible for supporting multiple business segments as well as the Americas region for international regulatory and compliance. Earlier in his career, he served as the SVP of Quality, Regulatory & Clinical Affairs for the Danaher Diagnostic platform, which includes the four separate operating companies of Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, Leica Biosystems, Radiometer & Cepheid. Prior to that, Steve was with Boston Scientific for over eight years in progressively senior strategic roles, the last of which was VP of Quality, for the Cardio, Rhythm, and Vascular (CRV) and the Neuromodulation businesses.

Additionally, Steve served as an industry board member and instructor for six years for the Regulatory Affairs master’s degree program at St. Cloud State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering and industrial technology and an MBA, both at California State University Long Beach.

He lives in Minnesota and has been married to his wife Katherine for over 24 years. They are proud of their son Carson who is currently attending Northeastern University in Boston.

This week, we revisit our interview with Renee Ryan. Renee has 25 years of building category-creating healthcare companies. She was most recently the CEO of Cala. Prior to Cala she led the health technology investments for Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JJDC) on the West Coast and Asia Pacific for 8 years. While at J&J, she made over 15 new investments, including the Series A for Cala Health. Previously, she was a healthcare investment banker at RW Baird, Jefferies and Goldman Sachs. Renee currently sits on the boards of Cala, Neuropace and RefleXion Medical.

This week, we interviewed Sean Bacon. Sean is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran who served 12 years as a Paratrooper and as an Instructor at the Canadian Forces Military Police Academy. During that time, Sean developed a system of training to psychologically and physically prepare both soldiers and police to thrive in some of the worst situations and environments the world has to offer with a winning mindset.

His company, Dynamic Shift Consulting Inc., leverages this experience to work with Corporate Leaders and Organizations to develop and sustain Mental Toughness, Leadership, and Team Development in a competitive environment.

His clients include The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gold Medal Women’s Eight Rowing Team, Scotiabank, Scotia Wealth, Business Development Bank of Canada, First West Credit Union, Prospera Credit Union, Mountain Equipment Company, Kal Tire, Attabotics, Langley Concrete, Gran Tierra, AG Hair, and the Canadian Men’s National Soccer Team.

This week, we welcome Dr. John Lowry. John is a recognized authority on negotiation through his experience as a lawyer, management consultant, entrepreneur, negotiation coach, and university administrator. We discuss his new book Negotiation Made Simple, A Practical Guide for Solving Problems, Building Relationships, and Delivering the Deal.

His results-focused, systematic approach to negotiation has been successfully implemented by thousands of professionals across the United States. John teaches negotiation at the top-ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law and lectures in Vanderbilt University’s Master’s in Management in Health Care program.

John serves as president of Thrivence, a new management consulting firm affiliated with Barge Design Solutions. In addition to leading the firm, John counsels clients on leadership, executive team effectiveness, strategy, revenue growth, and conflict management. He also provides negotiation training and coaching for governmental entities, healthcare organizations, and other businesses. John is a popular keynote speaker and leads multiple executive retreats each year including the opening retreat of the Nashville Health Care Council Fellows program.

John earned his bachelor’s degree in speech communications from Pepperdine University and master’s degree in religion from Abilene Christian University. He received his juris doctorate degree from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. He has also completed graduate work in dispute resolution at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law and in public policy at California State University, Sacramento.

John resides in Nashville, TN with his wife, Melissa, and their three children.

This week, we interviewed Andy Bass, who is a consultant, author, and speaker who works with businesses to find and exploit their hidden assets. He has worked with organizations in the UK, US and Far East including International Automotive Component Group, Rolls Royce, L’Oreal, Trimas, Deutsche Bank and The Advanced Propulsion Centre.

Prior to his consulting career, Andy was a lecturer at Aston Business School and has also taught at Oxford Saïd, Warwick and Strathclyde Business Schools.

Andy has a PhD in Software Engineering and describes himself as a geek who learned to wear a suit (to the point where he can pass undetected in the C-suite - usually).He is author ofStart With What Works: a faster way to grow your business,Committed Action: The three-step method to inspire your people to take action, andThe Performance Papers: Incisive Briefings for Busy Leaders.

Outside work, he played lead guitar in a Rush tribute band, and is a failed standup comedian.

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In this week's episode, we revisit our conversation with Jeremy Utley. Jeremy is the Director of Executive Education at Stanford’s d.school and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford’s School of Engineering. He is the co-host of the d.school’s widely popular program, “Stanford’s Masters of Creativity.” He is the coauthor of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters (Portfolio) with Perry Klebahn.

He is also on the teaching teams of d.org, an organizational design course, and Transformative Design, a course that turns the tools of design onto graduate students’ lives. One of the most prodigious collaborators at the d.school, Jeremy has taught alongside the likes of Lecrae, Dan Ariely, Laszlo Bock, and Greg McKeown.

He holds a BBA with Honors in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

This week, we interviewed Scott Flora. Scott is an accomplished medical device executive who has held global leadership positions at Smith & Nephew Loptex (Opthalmology), Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, and Covidien, now known as Medtronic. Scott was also the CEO at Invuity, OmniGuide, and Conventus Orthopaedics. In the past, Scott has held public board roles at MAKO, now Stryker, and Invuity, now Stryker. Scott is currently President and CEO of SFlora Consulting, LLC, which assists investors and CEOs of early and later-stage growth businesses with their growth strategies.

Scott is Chairman of the board at Palliare LTD and a board member of TubeWriter, Origami Surgical, and Integrum.