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Throttle Up Leadership Podcast

Dr. John P Dentico
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The leadership podcast that asks the question nobody wants to answer: What if the problem isn't your people? Weekly conversations exploring why the workforce crisis isn't a people problem. It's a leadership problem. And what organizations and individuals can both do about it.

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Dr. John Scott started his career as a NASA astrophysicist, left a tenured academic post, and spent three decades founding and scaling more than a dozen technology companies. Now co-founder and chief strategy officer of Innventure, he calls himself a... more

Fay Niewiadomski does not teach courage from a slide deck; she learned it in a bombed out office in Lebanon, standing in the ashes of seventeen years of work. Author of Decisions That Matter and founder of ICTN, she has spent three decades advising p... more

Colin Davis spent two decades in pastoral and nonprofit leadership, including years as a missionary and monk, before founding First Principles Coaching in Richmond. He works with the two to ten person shops that quietly power local economies; too est... more

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Dennis Meador spent 30 years watching talented attorneys lose business not because they lacked skill but because they lacked positioning. In a market squeezed from below by cheaper competitors and from above by mega-firms with million-dollar ad budge... more

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Daria Rudnik has spent her career proving that leaders do not need to carry everything. Drawing on work across six continents and her own time inside toxic workplaces, she argues that the heroic leader who saves, protects, and sits in every conversat... more

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This is an audio overview of The Throttle Up from the Field Volume 1: Canaries in the Coal Mine--The Workforce Crisis Gen Z is Exposing

Rich Kozak doesn't market brands; he excavates them. After nearly fifty years of defining and languaging brands across hundreds of industries, the founder of Rich Brands and co-author of the Amazon bestseller Cracking the Rich Code has earned a fitti... more

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Most people know what they want. They can write it on a whiteboard, build a SMART goal around it, and explain it in a performance review. What they cannot do is say why it matters — and that gap, according to Randy Belham, is where every leadership f... more

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Dennis Meador
Marketing strategist specializing in white-collar professionals, especially attorneys; founder of the Legal Podcast Network
Legal Podcast Network
Episode: Episode 183: Fifty Local Views Beat a Million Impressions: Dennis Meador on Why the Viral Dream Is the Wrong Goal for Professionals
Daria Rudnik
Former chief people officer; ex-Deloitte professional; ICF professional certified coach; author of Clicking; co-author of AI Revolution
Independent/Author; AI Revolution co-author
Episode: Episode 182: Delegation Is a Myth: Daria Rudnik on Building Teams That Click
Rich Kozak
Founder and CEO of Rich Brands; branding expert and author
Rich Brands
Episode: Episode 180: The Brand Archaeologist: Rich Kozak Digs Up the Truth You Already Are
Randy Belham
Life coach, entrepreneur, and practitioner who works with elite performers
Episode: Episode 179: Monastery to Boardroom: Randy Belham on What Buddhist Monks, Beauty Queens, and Hockey Players Can Teach Every Leader
Anca Platon Trifan
Award-winning AI strategist, speaker, CEO of Trifan Events, Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships
Trifan Events
Episode: Episode 178: Stop Orbiting the Technology: Human-First, Structurally Sound, AI Where It Belongs with Anca Platon Trifan
Dr. Matt Chodkowski
Founder, Institute for Post-Industrial Leadership
Institute for Post-Industrial Leadership
Episode: Episode 177: Your Leadership Playbook Just Called: It's Phoning in from 1955 and It Wants Its Paradigm Back with Dr Matt Chodkowski
Tissa Richards
TEDx and Keynote Speaker, Founder and CEO, author of No Permission Needed
Self-employed/Author-Entrepreneur
Episode: Episode 176: You're Not a Rubber Ball: Tissa Richards on Why Bounce-Back Resilience Is Holding Leaders Back
Michael Gips
Managing director at Kroll, security and risk expert, author of It's Not in the Manual, Real World Leadership for Security and Risk Professionals
Kroll
Episode: Episode 175: Principles Over Plans: A Security Expert's Unfiltered Guide to Leading Under Fire with Michael Gips
Oleg Danyliuk
Tech entrepreneur and AI innovator, founder/CEO of Dwanix LLC and co-founder/CTO of Insightful
Dwanix LLC; Insightful
Episode: Episode 174: Scaling Humanity: Mastering AI Nuance to Accelerate Creative Workflows with Oleg Danyliuk

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Dr. John D'Antico
Host of the show focusing on leadership, organizational culture, and practical strategies.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 7 ratings
  • Powerful Leadership Insights

    As the Executive Assistant to Ken Miller, I’m pleased to leave this review on his behalf. Ken thoroughly enjoyed being a guest on Throttle Up Leadership with Dr. John Dentico and found the experience both meaningful and energizing. He deeply appreciated Dr. Dentico’s thoughtful approach to leadership and the quality of conversation the podcast fosters. This show is a standout resource for anyone seeking to grow as a leader and navigate the challenges of leadership with clarity and purpose. Highl... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    On behalf of Ken Miller
    Philippinesa year ago
  • Listening pleasure

    John is a treasure trove of knowledge and wisdom when it comes to leadership, team performance, and business culture. He definitely knows what works and what doesn't. John selects guests who can not only provide a refreshing opinion but also share practical advice to transform our leadership challenges into a more successful and meaningful place for teams, leaders, and organisations.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    StasiaLilac
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • John is a treasure trove of knowledge and wisdom when it comes to leadership, team performance, and business culture. He definitely knows what works and what doesn't. John selects guests who can not only provide a refreshing opinion but also share practical advice to transform our leadership challenges into a more successful and meaningful place for teams, leaders, and organisations.

    Podchaser
    5
    Erin Andrea Craske
    2 years ago

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Listeners praise practical leadership wisdom and the focus on meaningful work over hype.
Guests are well-curated to cover a broad spectrum of leadership challenges.
The show is a standout resource for leaders seeking clarity and impact.
Executive coaching and leadership quality come through clearly in guest selection and conversations.
The host keeps conversations practical, not theory-heavy, which makes insights actionable.

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Episode 139: Unleashing Momentum: SEO, Jujitsu, and Entrepreneurial Grit with Sean Boyle of Momentum 360
Q: Three ideas on where SEO will go in the next five years?
Sean outlines three pillars: optimize local SEO with strong citations and reviews, actively manage and update Google Business Profile with frequent posts and photos, and continually build new website pages while auditing existing ones to improve on-page and technical SEO.
Episode 139: Unleashing Momentum: SEO, Jujitsu, and Entrepreneurial Grit with Sean Boyle of Momentum 360
Q: What early lessons still influence how you lead today?
Sean recounts the lemonade stand feedback moment—the neighbor who told him the lemonade could be better—and explains how candid feedback fostered a customer-first mindset, relentless service, and a focus on measurable outcomes for clients and teams.
Episode 139: Unleashing Momentum: SEO, Jujitsu, and Entrepreneurial Grit with Sean Boyle of Momentum 360
Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Where did you grow up?
Sean describes growing up outside Philadelphia, a family with an entrepreneurial background, and how early experiences—including a father's incarceration and a lemonade stand venture—shaped his customer-first approach and resilience. He emphasizes turning challenges into motivation and building businesses around meaningful, measurable results.
Episode 149: From Wall Street to Wartime: Teaching Wounded Heroes to Fly with Lyubim Kogan, Founder, Wings4Heroes.org
Q: What inspired you to take the bold step of founding Wings for Heroes after returning to Ukraine?
Lyubim explains a combination of personal history, witnessing the struggles of veterans, and a moment of conviction after witnessing the harsh realities of war, which together compelled him to create a program that not only rehabilitates veterans physically but also supports them psychologically so they can reclaim dignity and purpose.
Episode 146: What Does Green Even Mean? How a Ski Racer Fixes Million-Dollar Blind Spots with Paul Koetke
Q: What is the biggest misconception leaders have about project management tools, and what mindset shift is needed?
The tool itself won't fix problems; it amplifies what you already have. A successful rollout requires a broader change management effort, otherwise it simply magnifies existing inefficiencies and dysfunctions.

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This show centers on leadership, organizational culture, and practical strategy for developing strong teams and resilient organizations. Episodes frequently explore how leaders can shape meaning, values, and systems to drive performance, with guests ranging from seasoned marketers and branding experts to AI strategists, coaches, and security leaders. A notable throughline is reframing common leadership challenges as system- and process-level issues, emphasizing human-centric approaches, deliberate experimentation with AI, and actionable frameworks that listeners can apply in professional services, tech, and growth contexts. The format often blends real-world case studies, frameworks, and pragmatic coaching to help leaders navigate change, a... more

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2. Daria Rudnik
3. Rich Kozak
4. Randy Belham
5. Anca Platon Trifan
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7. Tissa Richards
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