Elaina Davis is the Chief Community Officer in her new role (at the time of this recording) at a senior living consulting firm, primarily serving the Richmond, VA market.In this special episode of Level Up Leadership Podcast, I had the opportun

Assembling an All Star Team with Christie Stukenholtz

Apr 24th, 2024 1h 18m

"No founder has it all." Christie Stukenholtz, the co-founder and CEO Senior Care Finder, is mindful of how critical it is for any organization - but especially an entrepreneurial endeavor - to assemble an All Star caliber team.From her extensi

Leading in Healthcare

Apr 5th, 2024 1h 18m

Michael Emery's career spans a wide range of healthcare roles starting from ICU nursing, to advanced nurse practice, senior operations roles, and now serves as the Executive Vice President of Senior Living for Curana Health. He is also one of

Consistency and Discipline with Chris Heinz

Dec 1st, 2023 1h 17m

What are the building blocks of consistency? How disciplined are you at...discipline? Leaders have the double-duty of being disciplined and creating discipline in their organizations. I looked to Chris Heinz from Westport One in this conversa

Psychological Safety with Erin Thompson

Nov 3rd, 2023 59m 52s

Erin Thompson shares her leadership experiences, anecdotes and lessons learned about psychological safety in the work place. Erin and I share a lot of similar experiences, and we dug into some examples of environments where safety was not the

Purposeful Pause

Oct 9th, 2023 1h 4m

Nathan Jones is a former college football coach turned senior living advocate. Nathan was introduced to the world of senior living just out of college, and from the moment he first stepped foot into a senior living community, he was hooked. Sin

Do People In Aging Services Perpetuate Ageism? with Guest, Ashton Applewhite

Oct 5th, 2023 1h 5m

Season 3 of the Level Up Leadership Podcast kicks off with a rather provocative episode: “Do People in Aging Services Perpetuate Ageism?” [YouTube vide of episode.]It’s a long title, but I thought it deserved the full weight of the question.I

Conflict Management with Dana Garnett

Dec 9th, 2021 1h 9m

"Don't just think positive thoughts. Feel positive feelings." This is just one of many golden nuggets of wisdom I gained from my conversation with Dana Garnett, a conflict management strategist and professional mediator. Dana is an insightf

Leading a Startup Organization with Jack York

Nov 11th, 2021 40m 20s

Jack York is a successful leader who self-describes as a "mediocre CEO". A co-founder of the senior living technology company, iN2L, Jack is the prototypical Head + Heart leader that we talk about. In this episode, Jack shares some of his own

Preparing for the Executive Director Role

Sep 20th, 2021 34m 39s

Executive Directors lead the day to day work within a senior living community. In my opinion, this is a cornerstone role for any leader in our industry. Whether it is a career-long role or a pivotal experience along your career journey, the E

Emotional Intelligence - Part 1 of 2 - Self-Management

Aug 2nd, 2021 33m 28s

There are two critical components of having high emotional intelligence: inward facing (self management) and outward facing (social management). In this episode, I share three practical tips on how you can build your self-awareness and self-ma

Turnaround Mindset (Part 2) with Sean McGuire

Jul 19th, 2021 52m 35s

Sean is a turnaround guru. In his wide ranging professional experiences in helping distressed companies to restructure and turnaround, he has observed lots of organizational patterns that may have contributed to tough times.In this second part

Turnaround Mindset (Part 1) with Sean McGuire

Jul 13th, 2021 31m 55s

Leading Within Your Purpose

Jun 1st, 2021 59m 13s

“Purpose transcends ego.” This was one of the many quotable quotes that came from the discussion between James and Anna Hall, the Chief Purpose Officer for Connected Living and the inventor of the Purpose Equation. In this episode, James delve

Thought Leadership and Content Marketing

May 11th, 2021 52m 7s

Why do people go to websites? It's probably not to see an advertisement of your company.Advertisements are inherently disruptive. They are designed to interrupt what you are doing (i.e. watching TV) to pay attention to your company or brand.

Leadership Culture and Performance

Apr 27th, 2021 56m 7s

James reunites with managers from the first community where he was an Executive Director to recall and revisit what elements of their leadership culture made the team special. Does culture correlate to performance? How does an interview signa

Strategy Execution with Monte Pedersen

Apr 13th, 2021 58m 19s

Monte Pedersen enjoyed a 35-year career in hospitality management before deciding to form his own leadership and training firm focused on Strategy Execution Management. In this episode, James and Monte discuss some basic concepts of strategy f

Why This Podcast?

Apr 2nd, 2021 24m 41s

This podcast is for mission driven leaders who want to level up their own abilities, skills, and mindset to create powerful relationships. Host, James Lee, shares some of his guiding principles of life that inspired him to create a podcast to d

The MBAR Leadership Model

Apr 2nd, 2021 25m 59s

I discuss the value of having a leadership model with serial entrepreneur Josh Crisp, the CEO and Founder of Solinity Senior Living, Solinity Marketing, and the co-creator of Bridge The Gap Senior Living Podcast (among many other ventures).In t

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