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Join Co-Founder and Author Ross Thornley in weekly conversations with special guests on the dimensions of adaptability. From resilience, grit and motivation, to stress, character and environment. Ross explores the science and real-life stories of adaption. Helping you learn the tools, mindsets, and actions to thrive in an ever-changing world.

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Leadership - Executive Coaching

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Rachel Treece
EPISODE:

Rachel Treece is the CEO of fts global and The Henka Institute. Leadership & Executive Coach | Bestselling Author | Keynote Speaker| M&A Expert | Financial Services Podcaster.

Inclusion Champion | Podcaster | Storytelling

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Mita Mallick
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Mita is a prolific writer for HBR, Ad week, and Entrepreneur media. And now Wiley published author of "Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workplace.” Mita describes herself as an Inclusion Champion a Podcaster citing Storytelling as her Superpower.

Thought Leadership

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Colin Iles
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Colin is a curator of thought-leadership events that help you develop teams, leads, relationships and ideas.

World's #1 Negotiation Coach

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Christopher Voss
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The World's #1 Negotiation Coach, Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author "Never Split The Difference" - which has sold over 1 million copies.

From Start-up to Grown-up

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Alisa Cohn - No1. Startup Coach in the World
EPISODE:

Alisa Cohn is an Executive Coach; Angel investor, author and podcast host who has worked with C-suite executives at prominent startups (such as Venmo, Etsy, Draft Kings, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch...

Build for Tomorrow

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Jason Feifer
EPISODE:

Author of "Build for Tomorrow". An Action Plan for Embracing Change, Adapting Fast, and Future-Proofing Your Career. It is an action plan detailing how to navigate the four phases of change: Panic, Adaptation, New Normal, and Wouldn't Go Back.

Positive Impact and Re-engineering the perception of work

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Sarah Ratekin
EPISODE:

Sarah is truly passionate about employee experience across all levels of an organization. She loves building sustainably nurturing environments where people feel valued, respected, and trusted to do and be their best.

Workforce Development and Priorities

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Van Ton-Quinlivan
EPISODE:

Currently, Ton-Quinlivan is the CEO of Futuro Health, whose nonprofit mission is to improve the health and wealth of communities by growing the largest network of credentialed allied healthcare workers in the nation.

Specialising in the intersection of Neuroscience & Futurism

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. John Sanei
EPISODE:

Globally renowned keynote speaker, futures strategist, 5-time bestselling author, Singularity University and Duke CE faculty member, Associate Partner at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies, Chief of Tomorrow Board Member, and podcaster at The Expansive.

Hiring Strategies and Experiences from the FBI

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Peter Sursi, MBA, SPHR
EPISODE:

He has spent 25 years at the FBI. 4 years as Head of Talent Acquisition - Managing the national recruitment and hiring strategy for the FBI's special agent, intelligence analyst and professional staff employees.

Overcoming obstacles

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Patricia Bender
EPISODE:

Patricia Bender is President of Bayley & Bender. Starting her career in fashion and marketing, Pat then spent a decade at IBM as a high performing sales and regional manage.

The Future of Work

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Steve Cadigan
EPISODE:

Steve is a best selling author and one of the foremost thought leaders in the world of people and talent. Retained by leaders, investors, organisations and governments around the world who seek to create a better future of work.

Organisations dealing with unforeseen big shifts

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Tugba Yanaz
EPISODE:

Tugba Yanaz is the founder of LEAD + VISION, a vision-based Leadership Coaching and Consulting firm.

Shadow Coaching methodology

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Donna Karlin
EPISODE:

Donna is CEO, Founder at "No Ceiling, Just Sky™ Institute. She is a Global Speaker, TED Fellows Coach, Author & Organizational Accelerator.

Positive Intelligence

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Emily Harman
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Emily is the Founder & CEO of Emily Harman Coaching and Consulting. Podcast host, and the U.S. Government Account Director for Positive Intelligence.

A Future Where Everyone Has a Coach

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Zachary Ames
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Zach is a coach, facilitator, and a sort after Keynote Speaker. He is an award-winning leadership and talent development expert with 15 years of experience in start-ups, Fortune 500, and global private companies

Focusing on influencing & evolving coaching - Coaches Rising

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Joel Monk
EPISODE:

Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator, facilitator and entrepreneur. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of nearly 50,000 coaches

Leadership and Entrepreneurship

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Professor M.S. Rao
EPISODE:

Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D. is ranked the #1 Top Global Thought Leader and Influencer on Entrepreneurship. He is the Father of “Soft Leadership” and the Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, in India.

Core skills for the next 3-5 years

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Pratik Thakker
EPISODE:

Pratik is founder of several tech companies inc Webzoly a customer support, sales and marketing agency, & Testlify, a talent assessment platform.

Management and Happiness

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Chris Croft
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Chris is a Writer and Keynote Speaker, in Project Management, Time Management, and Negotiation Skills.

Blending Non Executive Director roles, consultancy and coaching

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Catherine Ward
EPISODE:

Catherine is a Non Executive Director (NED), Board Advisor, Executive Coach, Global CHRO and currently the MD People Perception Ltd (for the last 5 years).

Challenges operating fast and agile

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Vaclav Koranda
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Vaclav has been with T-Systems for over 8 years. T-Systems has around 28,000 employees worldwide and is one of the leading providers of digital services. It is a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary is headquartered in Germany.

Creating More Inclusive and Collaborative Cultures

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Suzie Lewis
EPISODE:

Suzie is Managing Director at Transform for Value, Podcast host of "Let's talk Transformation" podcasts and an Executive coach.

Secrets for going through change successfully

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Stacey Richey
EPISODE:

Stacey is a highly experienced leader who has helped build high-growth tech companies by converging a data-driven and heart-led approach to people operations.

Helping Emerging HR Tech Companies Reach Their Full Potential

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Anita Lettink
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As keynote speaker, Anita shares insights and perspectives about the future of work and pay, including the changes that web3 and the metaverse will bring.

Human-centric Manifestations

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Alan Susi
EPISODE:

Alan is Global Head of Organizational Effectiveness at S&P Global, a public company employing over 35,000 people - Who Accelerate Progress in the world by delivering Essential Intelligence that's critical for decision-making.

Being a Leader Worth Following

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Michael Easley
EPISODE:

Michael Easley is an Author, Executive Coach, former CEO and soon to be Therapist

Mastering Executive Transitions

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Navid Nazemian, PCC
EPISODE:

Navid helps executives de-risk & accelerate their career transition. Author of the international bestseller Mastering Executive Transitions, a global keynote speaker, and HR‘s Most Influential Practitioner in 2022.

Developing innovative HR initiatives

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Richard Hinton
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Richard started as in intern in Gillette, followed by a couple of years in HR at a media and marketing company, before joining Shawmut almost 16 years ago, Shawmut is a $1.3B Design and Construction firm, which is 100% employee owned - by over 1000 employees.

Balancing data and human behaviour

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Tomeka Hill-Thomas - PhD
EPISODE:

Tomeka - is a Senior Principal, of Workforce Strategy and Analytics at Mercer - A People Analytics Expert | Data Scientist Lead | PhD Economist | Speaker | and Author.

Master of Business Leadership Program

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Phil Johnson
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Phil is an executive coach who has been assisting executives and organizations to bet on themselves by developing their emotional intelligence.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Chris Deaver
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hris Deaver is Co-Founder of BraveCore - A consultancy that partners with leaders and teams on culture transformation. BraveCore helps traditional leaders be more co-creative and creative people lean into leadership of the future.

Comfort and Removing Uncertainty

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Olga Spivak
EPISODE:

Olga is currently the Vice President of People at YCharts. A series C funding company with an investment research platform that enables smarter investments and better client communications, for more than 5,000 clients

Living Compassionately Bold

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Alicia Hullinger
EPISODE:

Alicia Hullinger is passionate about making the world a better place. So we have that in common already - Her purpose is to live 'compassionately bold'

Understanding the World of VUCHA

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Todd Cherches
EPISODE:

Todd Cherches is the CEO and cofounder of Big Blue Gumball, a NYC-based management consulting firm specializing in leadership development and executive coaching.

Adaptability In Action

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Anuj Kathuria
EPISODE:

Anuj Kathuria is a Certified Coach, well known speaker at various global forums and a true consultant at heart. He is currently the Chief People and Strategy Officer at Waaree Group, India's Largest Solar Module Manufacturer & fastest growing EPC company with Presence across 68 countries and over 2500 employees globally.

Living In Abundance

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Claudia Noriega-Bernstein
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Claudia (Claudia Noriega) has dedicated the last twelve years of her life to empower people, especially children, and women.

Building Resilience

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. David Ogilvie
EPISODE:

David Ogilvie is a NED, Executive Coach and Resilience Coach. He is also Chief Executive Officer at The Resilience Development Company with a mission to help people, work better, feel better, live better.

Empowering Human Potential

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Alex Pascal
EPISODE:

As an executive coach, Alex has worked with over 300 executives from leading organizations and government agencies including: Samsung, Mercedes-Benz, Activision Blizzard, Google

The Leader's Psychologist

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Jonathan Passmore
EPISODE:

Jonathan Passmore is rated as one of the top 10 professional coaches in the world. His work over the past three decades, have contributed to his position as a global thought leader.

Adapting to executive coaching

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Jeff Smith, MCEC - Founder & CEO of SupportingLines Institute
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Jeff is a Certified Executive Coach, Chartered Professional Accountant and Certified Dharma Yoga Instructor.His mission is to inspire leaders and help teams perform

Performing Under Pressure

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Pranav Bhanage - CEO Petronas
EPISODE:

Pranav is a speaker, mentor, coach and CEO of PETRONAS' a global energy company with over 30k employees and a presence in 50 countries. He is a recognized Global-Top 200 Thought-Leader We are liv...

Disabilities Becoming Super Abilities

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Debra Ruh - Ruh Global IMPACT
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Debra is CEO of Ruh Global IMPACT and Executive Chair at Billion Strong - an identity and empowerment organization designed to bring the billions of voices of persons with disabilities together. Sh...

Vision and Visionary Leadership

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Dr. Oleg Konovalov
EPISODE:

Dr Oleg Konovalov is a thought leader, author, speaker, business educator and consultant with over 25 years of experience operating businesses.

Re-imagining work

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Brian Kropp
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Brain is  Group Vice President at Gartner providing Cutting Edge Insights to the Most Progressive HR Executives. Launching a mix of new products and services to enable senior executives to take dec...

People solving problems through Technology

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. William Tincup
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"Real G's move in silence like lasagne" William is the President Editor-at-Large of RecruitingDaily. At the intersection of HR and technology - a writer, speaker, advisor, consulta...

Innovative People Strategies

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Jennifer McClure - CEO of Unbridled Talent & DisruptHR | Keynote Speaker
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Jennifer McClure is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and high-performance coach who works with leaders to leverage their influence, increase their impact, and accelerate results. Frequently reco...

The Power of Perception

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Dr. Maja Zelihic
EPISODE:

Dr. Maja (Maya) Zelihic is in the global 100 inspirational leaders, with the likes of Richard Branson, opera winery, Elon musk and Jeff Bezos. Published in over 20+ peer-reviewed journals.Her bo...

Storytelling Guidelines and arcs for the future

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Mike Wittenstein - Managing partner at STORYMINERS
EPISODE:

Mark has been Manging partner at STORYMINERS for 20 years, his primary roles include Advisor, Strategist and Creative. He has been a Speaker, Coach and Facilitator for 12 years What is strategy, ...

Investing in High Resilience

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Alexia Michiels - The Resilience Institute Europe
EPISODE:

Alexia is Founder & Managing Partner of The Resilience Institute - Grounded in New Zealand in the late 90s, The Resilience Institute operates today across Asia-Pacific and Europe with offices i...